The Cherokee Nation is suing the United States claiming that the federal government had mismanaged the tribe’s trust fund for decades. Seven other agencies are also named in a lawsuit that alleges mismanagement and a lack of transparency over the tribe’s trust fund. The suit claims the government’s lack of accountability has hindered the tribe’s progress and development. RT reports: The Cherokee Nation commemorated the 231st anniversary of the first treaty it signed with the US government by announcing a lawsuit on Monday. The Treaty of Hopewell was signed in 1785 and defined the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation, but like more than 40 other treaties the nation signed with the government, it was not honored. A video produced by the Cherokee Nation explains that since the Treaty of Hopewell, “the federal government has taken exclusive control over the nation’s resources and that has led to significant problems.” The problems the lawsuit addresses have to do with the 14 million acres of Cherokee land that was either sold or leased by the government without any documentation of the value or money paid to the government for it. On top of that, there has been no kind of accounting for the [...]
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