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Trust Reform

The United States government has a unique trust responsibility to tribal governments and their members. The Department of the Interior has long had the responsibility of meeting this responsibility; however, the Department has grossly mismanaged tribal resources and individual Indians' assets. Litigation, administration policy, and legislation currently are attempting to address the issue of trust reform by reorganizing the Department of the Interior so that it better meets the trust responsibility. 

NCAI Position Statement on Trust Reorganization & Congressional Committee Contact Information

• NCAI Statement on Trust Reorganization

Regional and Tribal Statements on Trust Reorganization

Documents pending

The NCAI Congressional Summit on Trust Reorganization - February 24, 2004

Documents pending

Comments on To-Be Plan - Deadline March 31, 2004

• Federal Register: OST Extends Comment Period (02/05/2004)
• NCAI Request to Extend To-Be Comment Period (01/09/2004)

Draft Amendments to the Indian Land Consolidation Act - 108th Congress

• S.1721 - Proposed Draft - For Discussion Purposes Only
• NCAI Letter of Support for S. 1721
• ABQ 03-115: NCAI Resolution Supporting S. 1721

SCIA Oversight Hearing on a Trust Resolution - March 10, 2004

• Witness List
• NCAI Broadcast #04-017 ½ - Summary of SCIA Hearing
• Testimony of Senator Daschle
• Testimony of Special Trustee for American Indians Ross O. Swimmer
• Testimony of Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr.
• Testimony of the President of Central Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Edward Thomas
• Testimony of NCAI President Tex G. Hall
• Senator Daschle's Press Release On SCIA March 10 Oversight Hearing

Documents

• Legislative Update 09-04 (11/30/04)
• SCIA Letter to Tribal Leaders Regarding Cobell v. Norton (6/13/2003)
• S. 1770 - Indian Money Account Claim Satisfaction Act of 2003

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