The disturbing history of how conservatorships were used to exploit, swindle Native Americans
- Written by: Andrea Seielstad, Professor of Law, University of Dayton
The Osage Nation were once among the wealthiest people in the world.FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesPop singer Britney Spears’ quest to end the conservatorship that handed control over her finances and health care to her father demonstrates the double-edged sword of putting people under the legal care and control of another person.
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