Department of Interior has a trust plan: Defendants plan filed with the court

From: The Ojibwe News | Date: August 8, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Pagano, Jean
Ojibwe News, The
08-08-2003
The government has rested its case in the Phase 1.5 trial of Cobell v.
Secretary of Interior (Cobell). On Monday, August 4th, the government
presented its Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law pertaining
to Cobell. In many ways, the Department of Interior is saying many of the
same things it has said all along.

While the Department of Interior (DOI) claims that "Interior has made the
performance of a historical account of IIM funds a priority", the record,
as is presented in Cobell does not seem to provide the same conclusion. The
history of Cobell ...

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