Trust Reform for Native American Lands
A current issue between Native Americans and the federal governmentthat I find key is the Trust Reform Act. Legislation connected with the
Trust Reform as described in the text of United States Senator of South
Dakota, Tim Johnson News release is entitled "The McCain-Daschle-Johnson
Trust Reform bill, or American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act
Amendments Act of 2003."
The Trust Reform issue is one that deals with lands that were held
in trust by the United States on behalf of Native Americans. According
to National Congress of American Indians website; they were asked to set
for principles for the federal government to draft legislation for this
issue. The issue is that the US government has not been managing the
trust properly and legislation had to be drafted to set forth principles
and guidelines to regulate effectiveness of the US government. According
to United States Senator of South Dakota, Tim Johnson News release the
legislation is a set of: "...guidelines and regulations meant to restore
accountability and efficiency to trust management." The need for this
legislation is so that Tribal members can have more say so in dealings
with their land and to make sure that the US holds to what they were
intended to do. This also is to incorporate new rulings and laws that
had been passed since the Trust was initiated. (United States Senator of
South Dakota, Tim Johnson News release 2003)
Fischer, J., Daschle, Johnson Introduce New Indian Trust Reform
Legislation., United States Senator of South Dakota, Tim Johnson
News release. July 25, 2003 Retrieved July 14, 2006 From
johnson.senate.gov/~johnson/releases/200307/2003806A46.html
Trust Reform and Cobell Settlement Workgroup Principles for
Legislation., National Congress of American Indians. 2001-2006,
Retrieved July 14, 2006 from https://www.ncai.org/Trust_Reform.90.0.html
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Written on 2006-08-18 at 02:05
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