"For Indians, the good news about this is that some lawmakers in Washington are beginning to care about what happened to both the money in Iraq and the money that was supposed to be held in trust by the U.S. government for the benefit of some 500,000 Native Americans.
Given the yawns that some lawmakers are expressing about the missing $10 billion in Iraq, the cost of settling the Indian dispute seems like pocket change for Uncle Sam. Indeed, it would be a great bargain for taxpayers.
Although we Indians have argued that we could be due as much as $170 billion for the money the government failed to place in our accounts, the leaders of Indian Country have offered to settle the dispute for $27.5 billion. That assumes that the government could prove it made 80 percent of the required payments to Indians on time and to the proper trust accounts."
Get the Story:
Cobell: Congress needs to settle Indian account lawsuit
(The Billings Gazette 4/20)
Judge Lamberth Rulings
Trust
Fund Notices (July 12, 2005) | Internet
Shutdown (October 20, 2005)
Indian Trust Reform Act:
S.1439
| H.R.4322
Relevant Documents:
Trust
Reform and Cobell Settlement Workgroup Principles for Legislation (June
2005)
Relevant Links:
National Congress of American Indians - http://www.ncai.org
Intertribal
Trust Fund Monitoring Association - http://www.itmatrustfunds.org
Indian
Land Working Group - http://www.ilwg.net
Indian Trust:
Cobell v. Norton - http://www.indiantrust.com
Cobell
v. Norton, Department of Justice - http://www.usdoj.gov/civil/cases/cobell/index.htm
Senate
Indian Affairs Committee - http://indian.senate.gov
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