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The Week in Review
ending December 8
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Jemez Pueblo tribal members
at World Trade Center site.
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Judge's order leads to Interior Internet shutdown
A federal judge this week held a number of closed
proceedings regarding the government's handling of
the Individual Indian Money (IIM) trust.
Despite the secrecy of the hearings, it turned out
the subject of them was very public.
A court investigation U.S. District Judge Royce
Lamberth unsealed showed that the trust assets
belonging to 300,000 American Indians are extremely
vulnerable to hackers.
As a result, Lamberth ordered an Internet shutdown of
all systems and computers with access to
individual Indian trust data.
In complying with the directive, the Interior
put a large number of its operations in the dark,
causing some to wonder if they will get their
necessary payments.
Get the Story:
Norton set for
'worst nightmare' (12/3)
Judge holding
secret trust fund hearing(12/3)
Editorial:
Hold Norton in contempt (12/3)
Judge holding
secret hearings (12/4)
New: Security
report released (12/4)
Indian leader
happy for contempt trial (12/4)
Judge cuts
trust fund access(12/5)
Report reveals
attacks on tribal, Indian trust (12/5)
No Trust: Hacking
the Department of Interior (12/5)
Judge orders
Interior to cut Internet access (12/6)
Security
contempt charge added (12/6)
Interior
doesn't understand court order (12/6)
DOI Shutdown:
'We're Hurting Tribes' (12/7)
From the top, a
gamble in trust (12/7)
Norton
acknowledges Internet problems (12/7)
'We're in the
Dark' (12/7)
Judge holds
security hearing (12/8)
Norton announces consultation schedule
Three weeks after announcing her plan,
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton this week
finally set forth a formal consultation
schedule for her controversial
reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Seven nationwide meetings have been set
to discuss stripping the BIA of its trust
duties and handing them to a new agency.
Already, tribal leaders all over the country
have rejected the plan, but
Norton is moving forward with it anyway.
Get the Story:
McCaleb to
discuss trust fund on radio (12/3)
Okla. leaders
question Norton's plan (12/3)
Tribal leaders
clamor for trust report (12/3)
McCaleb doubts
tribal opposition (12/4)
Interior extends
comment period (12/4)
GOP push may
be tied to Indian preference (12/4)
House to hold
hearings on BIA overhaul (12/5)
Trust fund
report still can't be found (12/4)
House to hold
hearings on BIA overhaul (12/5)
Tribal leaders
worried about consultation (12/4)
Norton
delaying trust fund report (12/6)
Norton
cleared for tribal consultation (12/6)
Gale Norton,
You're not in Kansas anymore (12/7)
Norton's remarks
at energy meeting (12/7)
Norton
'offers' to meet with tribes (12/7)
more stories
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