by Editorial
The Wichita Eagle
It’s one of the worst accounting scandals in the nation’s history. No,
we’re not talking about Enron but rather the disgraceful mismanagement of
an American Indian trust fund by the U.S. government, which lost, stole or
otherwise misplaced billions of dollars of Indian money over the past 125
years.
Where’s the national outcry over this scandal?
Interior Secretary Gale Norton now faces contempt-of-court charges, as did
her two predecessors at Interior, for failing to fix the system. She has
promised, as did her predecessors, to put this shameful mess in order. But
we’re not holding our breath.
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