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Named cases of money and Native nations

Four documented cases: the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs, Secretary of War Belknap, the Abramoff fees and the Navajo chairman Peter MacDonald. They are single cases, not a claim about anyone else.

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1825–2008

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  • William W. Belknap the Senate's account: kickbacks from a post trader's licence at Fort Sill, in Indian Territory; it does not say what the post's Native customers lost Primary record 1
  • Fort Sill post in Indian Territory whose trading licence was the subject of the kickbacks Primary record 1
  • Jack Abramoff lobbyist for tribes; pleaded guilty to conspiracy involving bribery, wire fraud and tax evasion Scholarship & press 2
  • Peter MacDonald Navajo chairman convicted of bribery, conspiracy and ethics violations in tribal court Scholarship & press 3

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  1. 1825–2008 Named cases of money and Native nations
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  1. Impeachment Trial of Secretary of War William Belknap, 1876, U.S. Senate. Primary record
    Marsh’s promise of generous kickbacks prompted Secretary Belknap to make the appointment. Over the next five years, the associate funneled thousands of dollars to Marsh, who provided Belknap regular quarterly payments totaling over $20,000.
    to select one of Marsh’s associates to operate the lucrative military trading post at Fort Sill in Indian territory
  2. Abramoff Sentenced to Four More Years, Roll Call, 4 Sep 2008. Scholarship & press
    Jack Abramoff, who was at the center of the capitals biggest lobbying scandal in decades, was sentenced Thursday to 48 months in federal prison for charges relating to defrauding American Indian tribes and corruption of public officials.
  3. MacDonald sentenced, fined for bribery, ethics violations, Deseret News, 23 Oct 1990. Scholarship & press
    Suspended Navajo Chairman Peter MacDonald was sentenced in tribal court Monday to nearly six years in the tribal jail and fined $11,000 for bribery, conspiracy and ethics violations.
  4. Treaty of Indian Springs (1825), Encyclopedia of Alabama. Scholarship & press
    Federal investigators agreed, and the U.S. government negotiated a new land cession in the 1826 Treaty of Washington .
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