Termination Revisited

by Philp, Kenneth R.

• ISBN13: 9780803287693
• ISBN10: 0803287690
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

In this essential contribution to twentieth-century Native history, Kenneth R. Philp reassesses the controversial and ultimately failed federal policy of termination. In the years after World War II, federal policy toward the Indian reservation system changed markedly. Reservations were seen as bastions of an old colonial order, as economically deprived areas in need of revitalization, and as obstacles to large-scale federal projects. Motivated by these views, President Truman, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Dillon Myer, and certain members of Congress worked to end the reservation system. Federal policies set during this period strongly encouraged Native peoples to terminate their status as wards of the American government, relocate to prosperous cities, and develop long-range plans to secure greater political and economic power for themselves.

Author Biography

Kenneth R. Philp is a professor of history at the University of Texas, Arlington. He is the author of John Collier's Crusade for Indian Reform, 1920–1954.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Preface	xi
On a New Trail: The Promise of Self-Rule	1	(15)
Settling Tribal Claims	16	(18)
Alaska: Self-Determination in a Deep Freeze	34	(16)
A Fair Deal for Navajos	50	(18)
Emancipation from Federal Wardship	68	(21)
From Federal Paternalism to Full Independence	89	(19)
The Right to Employ Legal Counsel	108	(17)
Blackfeet Declare Their Independence	125	(15)
State Jurisdiction in Indian Country	140	(13)
Programming to End Federal Supervision	153	(17)
Epilogue	170	(7)
Notes	177	(42)
Bibliography	219	(18)
Index	237