Stiffed

Special Master: Interior, Energy Firms Stiffed Native Americans Out of Land-Use Payments

A special master in a long-running lawsuit brought by the Native Americans against the Interior Department resigned in disgust last Monday, citing repeated efforts by Interior to disqualify him from the case to prevent damaging evidence from surfacing about agency mismanagement of trust monies for oil and natural gas and other activities on Indian lands.

April 12, 2004

Special Master: Interior, Energy Firms Stiffed Native Americans Out of Land-Use Payments

A special master in a long-running lawsuit brought by the Native Americans against the Interior Department resigned in disgust Monday, citing repeated efforts by Interior to disqualify him from the case to prevent from surfacing damaging evidence about agency mismanagement of trust monies for oil and natural gas and other activities on Indian lands.

April 7, 2004