The post war era for the United States provided a major economic boom, which brought upon several changes. One of those changes was to survey the Native American tribe’s status and conditions, to view progress of assimilation. The survey revealed the terrible conditions that the Natives were living in, biggest one being an extremely high number of people in poverty. Further research into the management of the Bureau of Indian Affairs revealed multiple errors and horrendous administration that allowed the problems to originate in the first place. Instead of looking for solutions and reforming the current system, the government decided it would more efficient to terminate the tribes. When terminated the tribes would simply become citizens of the US and thus a quick way to assimilate them into American society.
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By cutting off tribal monetary support and protection, and acquiring massive amounts of land from the Natives and selling it to the public. The termination policy created massive problems for the
By cutting off tribal monetary support and protection, and acquiring massive amounts of land from the Natives and selling it to the public. The termination policy created massive problems for the