Termination Resolution
At a glance:
- Series: Racial and Ethnic Relations in America
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Laws, Acts, Legislation
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: Beginning August 1, 1953
Article abstract: Congress ends its policy of special treatment of American Indians.
Termination was viewed by its advocates as freeing American Indians from special laws and regulations, making them equal to other citizens, and by opponents as precipitously withdrawing federal responsibility and programs. The term used for the federal policy came to be applied to the people themselves: “terminated” tribes. Termination actions included repealing laws setting American Indians apart, ending Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) services by transferring them to other...
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