[NormsRevenge]

If you read this article and immediately thought of
Bruce Babbitt or Sandy Burglar being involved, you are not alone. ;-)

[msnimje]

Where was Sandy Burglar on Sept. 1 ?

[Army Air Corps]

Records relavent to part of my heritage in the trash; gee that makes one feel grand. /sarcasm

[kenth]

Why am I not surprised?

"We have every confidence that the inspector general of the National Archives will get to the bottom of this very serious issue," he said.

Uh huh.

[Wolverine]

American Indians seeking a century's worth of unpaid oil and gas royalties.

 

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth has been highly critical of the Interior Department for failing to identify how much money Indian tribes are owed. Last year the judge held Interior Secretary Gale Norton in contempt of court. Lamberth's "legal errors and unconventional case management" are impeding an accounting of the royalties, the Justice Department said in a 20-page filing asking a federal appeals court to...

 

In 1994, Congress found problems with the Interior Department's administration of 260,000 Indian trust accounts containing $400 million.

The Indians allege the department mismanaged oil, gas, grazing, timber and other royalties from their lands dating to 1887. Elouise Cobell of the Blackfeet Indian tribe and others sued in 1996 to force the government to account for billions of dollars belonging to about 500,000 Indians.

The Indians say they are willing to settle for $27.5 billion.

[Lijahsbubbe]

This is disgraceful.

Is there anyone in authority with character anymore? Anyone?

[Ostlandr]

Throughout our history, our treatment of the Indians has been a stain on our nation's honor. That stain just got bigger and blacker.

[kublia khan]

Sure you can trust the Government just ask me, an Indian.

[kenth]

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