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December 2005 People, Land & Water - The Cobell Lawsuit and Indian Trust Management (By Ross Swimmer, Special Trustee for American Indians) PDF Format
12/22/05 Indian Country Today - Letter to the Editor: Trust Fund case rebuttal (By Ross Swimmer, Special Trustee for American Indians) PDF Format
11/25/05 Lakota Journal - The Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians (OST) announces Staff PDF Format
September 2005 Mother Jones Magazine - Letter to the Editor: Editorial Response to "Accounting Coup” (By Ross Swimmer, Special Trustee for American Indians) PDF Format
08/03/05 The Hill - Letter to the Editor: Accounts Holders Needn't Worry About Indian Trust (By Ross Swimmer, Special Trustee for American Indians) PDF Format
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