S.D. tribe files trust lawsuit- want accouting from Interior Department
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 at 11:17PM
TheSpook
The Oglala Sioux Tribe has filed a federal
lawsuit that seeks to force the U.S. Interior Department to give a full
accounting of land and money it is responsible for managing for the
tribe. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the District of Columbia,
alleges that the Interior Department and the U.S. Treasury Department
have failed to account for land it holds in trust for the tribe and the
money earned from leases and other uses of that land. [more]
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