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The disturbing history of how conservatorships were used to exploit, swindle Native Americans

  • Written by Andrea Seielstad, Professor of Law, University of Dayton
The disturbing history of how conservatorships were used to exploit, swindle Native AmericansThe Osage Nation were once among the wealthiest people in the world.FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Pop 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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