Hello, welcome to the U.S. Department of the Interior Indian Trust web page. This site provides a one-stop clearinghouse for Indian trust management information. We are committed to reforming the Indian trust system. 

We have proposed an initiative to improve and fix the Indian trust program. We're actively consulting with tribal members and asking: Is the trust system working now? Working together, how can we improve it? What are your ideas and suggestions about the proposed initiative to improve Indian trust programs?

Since January 31, 2001, the Interior Department has moved on several fronts to improve the Indian trust program. The Office of Historical Trust Accounting was created to address the requirements to provide historical reconciliation of individual Indian money accounts.

The department also commissioned EDS Inc., a widely respected independent consulting firm, to study the department's trust program. This study provided the additional support for former Secretary Norton's decision to propose a plan to improve and reform the department's Indian trust program. The proposed plan will improve Indian trust by forming a new departmental organization that exclusively oversees trust management. The proposed plan also allows the Bureau of Indian Affairs to intensify and redouble its commitment to improve economic development, transportation, education and law enforcement in Indian Country.

The Interior Department is committed to charting a new course for positive, productive trust reform, benefitting American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and individual Indian account holders.

By working together hand-in-hand, friend-to-friend, nation-to-nation with open, honest communication, we can make meaningful trust reform a reality.

American Indian Probate Reform Act

News, Speeches, Meetings

• News Releases
• Speeches
• Meetings

Justice Department Documents and Court Decisions

• U.S. Department of Justice Documents Recently Filed

Plans

• Comprehensive Trust Management Plan - March 28, 2003
• Proposed Plan
• OHTA Plans

Quarterly Reports to the Court on Indian Trust Reform

• Status Report to the Court Number Thirty (06/30/07)
• Status Report to the Court Number Twenty Nine (5/01/07)
• Status Report to the Court Number Twenty Eight (2/02/07)
• Status Report to the Court Number Twenty Seven (11/01/06)
• Status Report to the Court Number Twenty Six (8/2/06)
• Status Report to the Court Number Twenty Five (5/2/06)
• Status Report to the Court Number Twenty Four (2/2/06)
• Status Report to the Court Number Twenty Three (11/1/05)
• Status Report to the Court Number Twenty Two (8/2/05)
• Status Report to the Court Number Twenty-One (5/3/05)
• Status Report to the Court Number Twenty (2/8/05)
• Status Report to the Court Number Nineteen (11/03/04)
• Status Report to the Court Number Eighteen (08/16/04)
• Status Report to the Court Number Seventeen (05/03/04)
• Status Report to the Court Number Sixteen (02/02/04)
• Status Report to the Court Number Fifteen (11/03/03)
• Status Report to the Court Number Fourteen (8/01/03)
• Status Report to the Court Number Thirteen
• Status Report to the Court Number Twelve
• Status Report to the Court Number Eleven
• Status Report to the Court Number Ten
• Status Report to the Court Number Nine
• Status Report to the Court Number Eight

Other Reports

• Trust Reform Task Force Releases Progress Report
• Interior Department Report Addresses Strategy for Managing Indian Trust Money Accounts
• EDS Overall Trust Reform Roadmap
• EDS Report
• EDS Report Part 2
• Fiduciary Obligations