Update on Cobell vs. Kempthorne

The plaintiffs in the case have decided to appeal Judge Robinson’s ruling. The judge has agreed to enter a written order next week that will allow a prompt appeal of his latest rulings in the class action suit over the government’s mismanagement of the Indian Trust Funds. Go here for the latest. I wish the plaintiffs [...] [...]

Update To Cobell vs. Kempthorne

Well, Judge Robinson finally made a ruling and it was a shocker. He bought the government’s argument hook line and sinker! The award was a little over $455 million dollars, a bare fraction of what the defendants were asking. This paltry sum for what amounts to over 100 years of demonstrated fraud, incompetence and outright [...] [...]

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 [...] [...]