National Archives Indian Records Discarded

[buzzsaw_23]

National Archives Indian Records Discarded


Thursday September 22, 2005 4:01 AM

By JOHN HEILPRIN

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials are investigating how National Archives documents of interest to Indians suing the Interior Department were found discarded in a trash bin and a wastebasket.

The discovery came to light on Sept. 1, when Archives staff noticed federal records in one of the trash bins behind the National Archives Building near the Capitol. They notified the Archives' inspector general, Paul Brachfeld, whose staff recovered the documents.

They found at least a portion of the documents were Bureau of Indian Affairs records dating to the 1950s, according to Jason Baron of the Archives' Office of General Counsel, in a letter last week to an Interior Department official.

Brachfeld's office began investigating, and ``what appear to be Indian records were discovered in a waste basket in the stack areas at Main Archives,'' Baron wrote. Taken together, the two dumping incidents ``may be intentional acts aimed at unlawfully removing or disposing of permanent records from the Interior Department,'' he wrote.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5294339,00.html

[Cassandra]

1. Is there anything the pigs of Bushco won't do?

If we can ever get them to leave power, the WH is going to have to be fumigated.

[randr]

2. This needs to move into the MSM

The manipulation of facts is the hallmark of this gang of thugs and this is one more blatant example of how they erase our history.

[existentialist]

3. Native American forum

I'm going to copy this and post it in the Native American forum unless I already find it there. I'll give you credit for finding it.

[Dora]

4. Will we never stop this madness? n/t

[anotherdrew]

5. oh great, I wonder what records the bush-thugs aren't scrubbing?

Heads had damn well better roll for this

[NYC]

6. May be intentional.

...Taken together, the two dumping incidents "may be intentional acts aimed at unlawfully removing or disposing of permanent records from the Interior Department," he wrote.

I'd bet money on it.

[mmonk]

7. Amazing

[Pachamama]

8. Treating the Archives and docs like they treat the Indians....

This is disgusting....the raping and abuse of the Native Americans continues to this day....

:grr:

[NVMojo]

9. and nationwide yesterday, the Bureau of Indian Affairs offices were

notified that funding to support tribes would be cut to pay for Katrina. I wonder if Harry Reid knows that???

[Judi Lynn]

10. You have to wonder what they SUCCESSFULLY DUMPED already.n/t

[OldEurope]

11. Do you think, there is a connection to this:

www.savetheeastend.org

I read an article about this in a German newspaper some days ago (sorry, no link to the article)

[xchrom]

12. the corrupt republican way of doing

the nation's business.

hold it in contempt and throw it on the trash heap for emphasis.

indians, katrina, iraq, etc.

[salin]

13. Foul

whoever did this is foul - as is the federal govt behavior (both admins) in stalling and stalling and stalling on this case.