Termination
The progress made under the Indian New Deal was undermined or reversed during the 1940s and 1950s. During this period, there was a push to release American Indians from their inferior status and therefore, release them from government control (Reyhner & Eder, 2006). The federal government wished to end its relationship with American Indians (Warne, 2007). Termination, as it is called, was well underway in the 1950s involving annulment of treaty rights, further relocation of populations, the sale of Indian trust lands, and dissolution of federal recognition and services (Woodcock & Alawiye, 2001). The government transferred responsibilities for education, health, and welfare to states (Warne, 2007). In the 1960s, the Kennedy
The progress made under the Indian New Deal was undermined or reversed during the 1940s and 1950s. During this period, there was a push to release American Indians from their inferior status and therefore, release them from government control (Reyhner & Eder, 2006). The federal government wished to end its relationship with American Indians (Warne, 2007). Termination, as it is called, was well underway in the 1950s involving annulment of treaty rights, further relocation of populations, the sale of Indian trust lands, and dissolution of federal recognition and services (Woodcock & Alawiye, 2001). The government transferred responsibilities for education, health, and welfare to states (Warne, 2007). In the 1960s, the Kennedy