The Indian Trust Fund: A Century of Theft and Mismanagement
Introduction The Indian Trust Fund is one of the largest and most deliberate thefts in U.S. history, aimed at Native people in the late 1800s. After the Dawes Act divided Native lands, the federal government promised to manage the wealth from these lands. Leases for oil, timber, grazing, and farming were supposed to benefit Native […]
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