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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2002

The Department of Interior filed its 10th quarterly report on trust reform on Thursday night.

The report cites "significant progress in many areas" during the months of April 1 through June 30, including the work of the tribal-federal task force on trust reform. The release of the Individual Indian Money (IIM) historical accounting plan is also cited.

Secretary Gale Norton reports her observations about the recent developments. "This level of in-depth dialogue is apparently unprecedented in the history of trust reform," she wrote, citing the involvement of tribes, Congress, the executive branch and the judicial branch.

Former Special Trustee Tom Slonaker's observations are not included in the document. However, Norton's legal team filed in federal court a copy of his remarks.

In the document, Slonaker says the historical accounting plan. He said it is "difficult, if not impossible" to do a full and accurate accounting for more than 500,000 American Indians.

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