LA Times focuses on Cobell lawsuit

MONDAY, JULY 8, 2002

Frustrated with answers given by federal officials, Elouise Cobell, former treasurer for the Blackfeet Nation of Montana, filed a class action suit to seek an accounting of the Indian trust fund.

That was six years ago. Today, there still is no accounting -- although there is an expensive plan for it -- there have been two contempt trials and there have been numerous proposals -- all failed -- to try and fix the system.

Get the Story:
Truth and Consequences on the Reservation (The Los Angeles Times 7/7)
Username: indianz, Password: indianzcom
Plaintiffs attack Interior proposal (The Denver Post 7/8)

Relevant Links:
Indian Trust: Cobell v. Norton - http://www.indiantrust.com
Trust Reform, NCAI - http://130.94.214.68/main/pages/
issues/other_issues/trust_reform.asp

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