Special Trustee Ross Swimmer is scheduled to open a fiduciary trust office in Rapid City, South Dakota, on Friday.

The Office of Special Trustee chose Rapid City due to the large number of Indian beneficiaries in the area. Other urban offices will be located in Seattle and Oklahoma City.

The offices are part of the Bush administration's reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and expansion of the OST. Tribes in the Great Plains region oppose the effort and passed a resolution barring fiduciary trust officers from setting foot on their reservations.

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Indian trust office to open (The Rapid City Journal 7/18)

Relevant Links:
Indian Trust: Cobell v. Norton - http://www.indiantrust.com
Office of Special Trustee - http://www.ost.doi.gov

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