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JSM 2002 Abstract #301608
Activity Number: 42
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Sunday, August 11, 2002 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods*
Abstract - #301608
Title: Frame Issues in Indian Trust Land Surveys
Author(s): Fritz Scheuren*+ and John Craycroft and Kathy Ramirez and Susan Hinkins
Affiliation(s): NORC/University of Chicago and National Opinion Research Center and Department of Interior and National Opinion Research Center
Address: 1402 Ruffner Road, Alexandria, Virginia, 22302, USA
Keywords: land surveys ; frame ; ownership ; completeness ; Indians ; records research
Abstract:

The US Government is responsible for managing certain Indian land and money accounts held in trust. A large-scale effort is underway to improve the accounting for these accounts, and part of that effort involves reconciling the history of trust land ownership and leasing records with the accounts. Land title records are the starting point for the effort. Survey sampling will be a necessary technique, as the number of individual land parcels is immense. Adding to the challenge is that records for the land are maintained in numerous offices, each with different record-keeping practices. This paper will examine the complex frame issues surrounding the project, and consider various solutions that may help.

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