House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 108 was a law passed in 1953 that made “termination” the official U.S. policy on Indian relations. King refers to termination as the “midcentury version of colonialism.” Under termination, the U.S. government ended treaties and ceased federal supervision over tribes. A separate law, Public Law 280, authorized certain states to take back land previously allotted to Indian reservations. Between 1953 and 1966, when termination as a policy officially ended, 109 tribes lost federal recognition, and the government took back a million acres of Indian land.
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Chapter 5. We Are Sorry
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Throughout the history of Indian–White relations in North America, there have always been two impulses afoot. Extermination and assimilation.
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Chapter 6. Like Cowboys and Indians
...was called “termination.” The practice became official government policy in 1953 after the passage of House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 108 , which repealed all existing treaties with tribes and ended federal supervision over tribes. Additionally,...
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