Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Bush Administration Knowingly Cheated Indians

Special Report
Fraud in New Mexico
By Scott Patterson
Published: December 3, 2004
full story at http://www.smartmoney.com/onthestreet/index.cfm?Story=20041203

An investigation by SmartMoney.com has found that officials in the Bushadministration had detailed knowledge of fraudulent practices that allowedenergy companies to cheat impoverished Native American Indians out of vastsums over dozens of years. These officials were aware that employees of thefederal government were helping oil and gas companies underpay to operateon Indian lands in the state of New Mexico — and did nothing to stop it.This is the first in a two-part series.

Special Report
An Ugly History
By Scott Patterson
Published: December 7, 2004
Full story at http://www.smartmoney.com/onthestreet/index.cfm?story=20041207

An investigation by SmartMoney.com has found that officials in the Bushadministration had detailed knowledge of fraudulent practices that allowedenergy companies to cheat Native American Indians out of tens of millionsof dollars over dozens of years. These officials were aware that employeesof the federal government were helping oil and gas companies underpay tooperate on Indian lands in the state of New Mexico — and did nothing tostop it. This is the second article of a two-part series.

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