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Trust fund drama continues
There's a new administration in Capitol Hill but Republicans
haven't seemed to improved on their relationship with
the American Indians who are suing the federal government
for mismanaging billions of dollars of trust assets.
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton was hit this week as
the plaintiffs in the lawsuit moved to hold her accountable
for alleged acts of retaliation against a Bureau of Indian
Affairs employee. Secretary of Treasury
Paul O'Neill was hit over reports of document destruction at
a number of Federal Reserve Banks and branches all over the
country.
Finally, the entire project was hit by the BIA's top computer
expert charged with making sure the Interior has the technology
to make sure trust reform can be carried out. In what he had
hoped was a private memo, Dom Nessi blasted the reform project
as slowly collapsing.
Get the Story:
Norton targeted
for contempt in retaliation incident (3/15)
BIA Memo: Trust
reform out of control (3/16)
More trust
documents reported destroyed (3/16)
Census 2000 makes its debut
After much anticipation, the Census Bureau
finally began releasing the results of last year's much
heralded count. Besides leaving off an many as
150,000 American Indians, what did the Census 2000 say?
First, it said that American Indians, at 2.5 million, are still less
than 1 percent of the population. The population has grown
about 26 percent, however, since 1990.
But it all depends on how you look at it. Since
Americans were allowed to identify themselves as belonging
to more than one race, as many as 4.1 million Americans
consider themselves "American Indian."
Get the Story:
Census 2000 Profile:
South Dakota (3/12)
Census paints
new picture of Indian Country (3/13)
Census 2000 Profile:
American Indians in the United States (3/13)
Census 2000 at your
fingertips (3/14)
Mixed race man
chooses one race out of fear (3/14)
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