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• The federal energy two-step

  
  High Country News - Most Recent — Authority: 497
  Oil and gas companies are furious with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, but environmentalists wonder if he’ll go far enough in restraining the industry.
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• Shinnecock Tribe Moves Close to U.S. Recognition

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  A portrait from about 1895 shows Shinnecock indians who lived on Long Island.
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• Editorial: Settling Indian Trusts

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  Congress should approve an agreement to pay $3.4 billion to settle claims that the government has shortchanged trusts for hundreds of thousands of American Indians.
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• The Daily Habit: Culture

  
  The 115- Fear and Loathing in America: Random Babble from the Red-Eyed Counterculture — Authority: 137
  Native American Tribes Get Reparations http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_indian_money;_ylt=AiH68UIlO8lXtuMyom22JWpv24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTM0Ym0wdjh1BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMjA5L3VzX2luZGlhbl9tb25leQRjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzcEcG9zAzcEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawN1czNidG9lbmRyb3k -
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• Interior Department to spend $3 billion to settle royalty dispute with American Indian tribes

  
  Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community — Authority: 125
  By MATTHEW DALY , Associated PressLast update: December 8, 2009 – 6:55 PMFeatured commentWASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed spending more than $3 billion to settle claims dating back more than a century that American Indian tribes were swindled out of royalties for oil, gas, grazing and ...
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• American Thanksgiving Comes Late

  
  A Fool's Wisdom — Authority: 109
  “For most of its 122-year history, the government trust fund program that pays American Indians royalties for use of their land has been a tragic mess, plagued by bureaucratic mismanagement and accusations of flat-out theft. … The proposed settlement, which has to be approved by Congress and the court, would ...
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• US to Pay $3.4bn to Settle Native Americans Land Case

  
  BitsBlog — Authority: 139
  “The US government has agreed to pay $3.4bn (£2.1bn) to settle a long-running case over Native American land. The Cobell case, filed in 1996, alleged the government had mismanaged billions of dollars in income from natural resources on Native American land. Under the deal the interior department will share $1.4bn ...
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• Indian Trust Accounts Settlement Announced.

  
  Southern Rockies Nature Blog — Authority: 127
  Color me impressed. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has announced a settlement of the long-standing lawsuit against the federal government for mishandling Indian trust accounts . Spearheaded by Blackfeet banker Elouise Cobell , the suit has dragged on for 13 years. As a girl growing up on the Blackfeet Indian ...
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• U.S. offers Indians $3.4B for mismanaging land trusts

  
  USATODAY.com Money - Block — Authority: 775
  The Obama administration admitted today that the U.S. government had mismanaged land trusts for American Indians for generations and will pay nearly 500,000 individuals $3.4 billion and create a $60 million scholarship fund.
  2 weeks ago

• Trip’s morning reading

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 609
  The Obama administration says it is settling a long-running and contentious lawsuit over royalties owed to American Indians, the Associated Press reports. Under an agreement announced today, the Interior Department will distribute $1.4 billion to more than 300,000 tribe members to compensate them for historical ...
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• Opportunities Missed at White House Jobs Summit

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 438
  EDITOR’S NOTE: Because I was unable to participate in the American Petroleum Institute conference call with reporters this morning, I offer space for covering that call to API’s Jane Van Ryan.By Jane Van RyanGuest BloggerAmerican Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard and Devon Energy CEO and Chairman Larry ...
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• EXCLUSIVE: Health care pay probe hits top Interior official

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 461
  When members of Congress decided in November to start investigating the recipients of seven-figure pay packages in the health insurance industry, they may not have expected to find themselves probing a top Obama administration official. Just months earlier, Interior Department Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary ...
  2 weeks ago

• Salazar Plots Cautious Course at Interior

  
  The Caucus — Authority: 798
  Secretary Ken Salazar faces critics on all sides for his oversight of an agency that deals with mining, oil and government land issues.
  3 weeks ago

• Inhofe Launches Investigation of Climate Change

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 438
  Yesterday and today, I reported that Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) was threatening to launch a “ClimateGate” investigation.  Late this afternoon, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works did just that.Senator Inhofe sent letters to several scientists, some of whom allegedly ...
  4 weeks ago

• Editorial: No ‘No More Wilderness’

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  The interior secretary, Ken Salazar, should reclaim the authority to identify wilderness study areas and protect them.
  4 weeks ago

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