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Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., Guest Column.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, November, 2002

By Gary Moore, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 24--GOVERNMENT DOUBLE STANDARD: Secretary of Interior Gail Norton and Assistant Interior Secretary for Indian Affairs Neal McCaleb were convicted of civil contempt in U.S. District Court on Sept.17. Both were found to have committed fraud by withholding evidence in a federal court case involving the Interior Department's gross mismanagement of Indian Trust Accounts.

Indian trusts began in 1887, when 90 million acres of land were taken from Indians for settlers. In exchange, Indians were given 40 to 320 acre land allotments. Royalties from grazing, timber, oil and gas drilling on those lands were held in trust for Indians by the Interior Department....

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