American Indian nations from termination to restoration, 1953-2006 /
Ulrich, Roberta.
American Indian nations from termination to restoration, 1953-2006 / Roberta Ulrich. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xv, 311 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: the experiment -- Breaking the ties -- Policy: kill the Indians -- Menominees: ambush -- Klamaths: disaster -- Western Oregon: invisible -- Alabama-Coushattas of Texas and Catawbas of South Carolina: entangled -- Utah Paiute bands: helpless -- California: scattered -- Oklahoma tribes and Poncas of Nebraska: afterthoughts -- The way back -- Menominees: pioneers -- Siletz: fish -- Oklahoma and Utah: flood -- Cow Creeks and Grand Rondes: communities -- Klamaths: troubles -- Coos and Coquilles: cooperating -- Alabama-Coushattas and California: legalities -- Catawbas and Poncas: last -- Epilogue: the results.
When the U.S. government ended its relationship with dozens of Native American tribes and bands between 1953 and 1966, it was engaging in a massive social experiment. Congress enacted the program, known as termination, in the name of "freeing" the Indians from government restrictions and improving their quality of life. However, removing the federal status of more than nine dozen tribes across the country plunged many of their nearly 13,000 members into deeper levels of poverty and eroded the tribal people's sense of Native identity. Beginning in 1973 and extending over a twenty-year period, t.
9780803234529 (electronic bk.) 080323452X (electronic bk.) 1283051125 9781283051125
Since 1934
Indians of North America--Government relations--1934-
Indian termination policy.
Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation.
Indiens d'Amérique--Relations avec l'État--États-Unis--1934-
Indian termination policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
Indian termination policy.
Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Electronic books.
E93 / .U45 2010eb
323.1197/07309045
American Indian nations from termination to restoration, 1953-2006 / Roberta Ulrich. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xv, 311 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: the experiment -- Breaking the ties -- Policy: kill the Indians -- Menominees: ambush -- Klamaths: disaster -- Western Oregon: invisible -- Alabama-Coushattas of Texas and Catawbas of South Carolina: entangled -- Utah Paiute bands: helpless -- California: scattered -- Oklahoma tribes and Poncas of Nebraska: afterthoughts -- The way back -- Menominees: pioneers -- Siletz: fish -- Oklahoma and Utah: flood -- Cow Creeks and Grand Rondes: communities -- Klamaths: troubles -- Coos and Coquilles: cooperating -- Alabama-Coushattas and California: legalities -- Catawbas and Poncas: last -- Epilogue: the results.
When the U.S. government ended its relationship with dozens of Native American tribes and bands between 1953 and 1966, it was engaging in a massive social experiment. Congress enacted the program, known as termination, in the name of "freeing" the Indians from government restrictions and improving their quality of life. However, removing the federal status of more than nine dozen tribes across the country plunged many of their nearly 13,000 members into deeper levels of poverty and eroded the tribal people's sense of Native identity. Beginning in 1973 and extending over a twenty-year period, t.
9780803234529 (electronic bk.) 080323452X (electronic bk.) 1283051125 9781283051125
Since 1934
Indians of North America--Government relations--1934-
Indian termination policy.
Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation.
Indiens d'Amérique--Relations avec l'État--États-Unis--1934-
Indian termination policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
Indian termination policy.
Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Electronic books.
E93 / .U45 2010eb
323.1197/07309045