2005 Fiduciary Duty News Stories
• • Hearing brings little resolve to Cobell lawsuit (Indianz.com) 12/09/05
• • Audio: House Resources hearing on Cobell (Indianz.com) 12/08/05
• • Tribes may lose on trust fund payments (Indian Country Today) 12/06/05
• • Samson Cree rejected settlement offer (CBC) 12/06/05
• • House Resources to hold hearing on Cobell (Indianz.com) 12/05/05
• • Speakout: Obdurate government hurts Indians (Denver Rocky Mountain News) 11/28/05
• • A job for negotiators, not accountants (Missoulian) 11/25/05
• • Indian plaintiffs divided over who should run the trust fund system (Great Falls Tribune) 11/25/05
• • Interior Secretary pleased with order requiring government to square Native landowner accounts (Missoulian) 11/20/05
• • Plaintiff in Indian trust case vows to fight on (AP) 11/21/05
• • Appeals court: Indian money accounting would be impossible (Grand Forks Herald) 11/15/05
• • For 4th Time, Judge Seeks to Shield Indian Data (New York Times) 10/25/05
• • Latest trust fund order sparks reaction from Congress (Indiaz.com) 10/24/05
• • Lamberth issues new IT shutdown injunction (Indianz.com) 10/20/05
• • Appeals court considers bias charges in Cobell lawsuit (Indianz.com) 10/17/05
• • Tribes explore forming own minerals company (AP) 10/17/05
• • Another Cobell v. Norton hearing this week (Indianz.com) 10/11/05
• • Who says BIA hasn't been busy? (Idaho State Journal 9/28/05
• • National Archives Indian Records Discarded (AP) 9/22/05
• • A frustrating tale of non-accountability (Nashua Telegraph) 9/21/05
• • Official defends Interiors record on Indian Trust issues (Nieman Watchdog) 9/19/05
• • Government Betrays the Indians Again (News With Views) 9/18/05
• • Interior asks appeals to rescind Indian trust order (Arizona Daily Sun) 9/18/05
• • Indian woman leads multibillion fight against U.S (Reuters) 9/14/05
• • Two Cobell v. Norton court hearings this week (Indianz.com) 9/13/05
• • Standing up for Indian trust rights (Santa Fe New Mexican) 9/4/05
• • Needed: A better memory in coverage of the Indian Trust Program (Nieman Watchdog) 9/7/05
• • Plaintiff in Indians' suit brings
case to Valley (Arizona
Republic) 8/31/05
• • Interior to negotiate with tribes
on trust records policy fund case (Indianz.com)
8/30/05
• • Cobell fights effort to oust
judge from trust fund case (Indianz.com)
8/29/05
• • Cobell to update account holders
on lawsuit (Indianz.com)
8/24/05
• • Justice delayed and justice reviled
(St.
Paul Pioneer) 8/17/05
• • Bush calls for new judge in Cobell v. Norton
case (Indianz.com)
8/16/05
• • Cobell plaintiffs: Swimmer is “ignoring
the big picture” (IndianTrust)
8/5/05
• • Appeals court stays Lamberth order on notices
(Indianz.com) 7/29/05
• • Editorial: McCain and Dorgan should fix trust
bill (Indianz.com) 8/4/05
• • Indian Country, Interior far apart on trust bill (Indianz.com)
8/1/05
• • Interior officials accused of covering up IT security flaws (Government
Computer News) 8/4/05
• • Settlement figure still elusive
in Cobell fight (Indianz.com)
7/27/05
• • Indian Country getting low-balled (Native
American Times) 7/27/05
• • Senate set for hearing on Cobell, trust reform (Indianz.com)
7/26/05
• • Indian trust settlement bill criticized (Rapid
City Journal) 7/21/05
• • Swimmer: The Department of the Interior and the Indian Trust (Indian
Cornty Today) 7/21/05
• • McCain and Dorgan introduce
trust reform legislation (Indianz.com)
7/21/05
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• Indian trust office to open (Rapid
City Journal) 7/21/05
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• Indians, feds still worlds apart on settlement amount (Salt
Lake Tribune) 7/14/05
• • Interior ordered to disclose trust fund failures (Indianz.com)
7/13/05
• • Higher profile sought for lawsuit
(Billings
Gazzette) 7/4/05
• • Settling accounts (Baltimore
Sun) 6/30/05
• • Indian's proposal targets roots of mismanagement (Argus
Leader) 6/27/05
• • Indian Leaders Seek to Settle Lawsuit Over Leasing of Land (Washington
Post) 6/21/05
• • Trust principles presented by united tribal workgroup (Indianz.com)
6/21/05
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• Trust workgroup to outline Cobell settlement goals (Indianz.com)
6/17/05
• • Trust reform costs put at $3B,
thanks to Bush (Indianz.com)
6/13/05
• • OST audits fare no better under Ross Swimmer (Indianz.com)
6/7/05
• • Tribal leaders pursue trust reform
(Billings
Gazette) 6/3/05
• • Budget bill orders study of land-into-trust
process (Indianz.com)
5/27/05
• • Lamberth orders Interior to turn
over e-mails (Indianz.com)
5/27/05
• • Arizona tribe settles trust mismanagement
case (Indianz.com)
5/18/05
• • Hearing weighed for McCaleb's
e-mail destruction (Indianz.com)
5/11/05
• • Computer expert hacked into Interior
systems (Indianz.com)
5/05/05
• • NCAI and ITMA hold second trust
reform meeting (Indianz.com)
5/04/05
• • Hearing into Indian trust fund
security sees delay (Indianz.com)
5/03/05
• • Hopi, Peabody cases top council's
agenda (Gallup
Independent) 4/25/05
• • Judge sets hearing on Indian
trust fund security (Indianz.com)
4/26/05
• • Lamberth holds hearing on Indian
trust security (Indianz.com)
4/21/05
• • Tribes win case against government
(Casper
Star Tribune) 4/19/05
• • Supreme Court refuses Bush appeal
of trust case (Indianz.com)
4/19/05
• • Interior shuts down BLM Web site
(Federal
Computer Week) 4/18/05
• • Supreme Court to weigh appeal
of trust lawsuit (Indianz.com)
4/7/05
• • Utes rally to protest tribe's
financial management (The
Desert Morning) 4/1/05
• • Bush administration won't give
up fight on Cobell (Indianz.com)
3/18/05
• • ‘My tribe and its membership
have been robbed blind’ (Final
Call News) 3/17/05
• • Norton lobbies Congress on trust
fund accounting (Indianz.com)
3/11/05
• • McCain weighs GAO probe of Indian
trust debacle (Indianz.com)
3/11/05
• • Lamberth takes on contempt allegations
in Cobell case (Indianz.com)
3/4/05
• • Lamberth holds hearing on contempt
allegations (Indianz.com)
3/3/05
• • Norton rejects invitation to
testify on trust fund (Indianz.com)
2/28/05
• • Lamberth moves Cobell trust reform
case forward (Indianz.com)
2/24/05
• • U.S. Supreme Court won't take
Cobell from Lamberth (Indianz.com)
2/23/05
• • Congressional hearings set on
Cobell, budget (Indianz.com)
2/14/05
• • Judge challenges Norton to testify
on trust fund (Indianz.com)
2/9/05
• • Legislation would increase tribal
trust funds (Rapid
City Journal) 1/22/05
• • Bush administration seeks to
limit trust liability (Indianz.com)
1/20/05
