Indian Trust Money #3

We left off in 1999. Clinton was still president and the tribes had given him lots of campaign contributions. Looks like he would have helped them out but…..well, usual story of broken faith. Things just continued in this vein. In 2001 the Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of the Interior’s malfeasance justified court [...] [...]

Indian Trust Money #2

In 1994 Congrees passed the Indian Trust Management Reform Act of 1994. It laid the burden on the Secretary of the Interior “to account for the daily and annual balances of all funds held in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or an individual Indian that are deposited or [...] [...]

Indian Trust Money

Preface
In all of the following posts about the problem of Indian Trust Monies I have gotten much information, used some direct quotes and paraphrased others from the following web site: <http://www.indiantrust.com/index.cfm>. I encourage all to visit the site. I don’t think you can read it without getting quite angry.
I have been needing to write about [...] [...]

Christmas Dances At Some Of The Pueblos In New Mexico

December 24
Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan) – dances
Picuris – Christmas Eve dances
San Felipe – dances after midnight Mass
Sandia – dances after midnight Mass
Santo Domingo – dances after midnight Mass
Tesuque – dances
Zia – dances after midnight Mass

December 24- 28
Acoma – Christmas Celebration, Mass and dances

December 25
Cochiti – dances after midnight Mass
Picuris – Matachines dance
San Ildefonso [...] [...]