The Indian Termination was a policy of the US from mid-1940s to mid-1960s. This policy is to grant Native Americans the same rights as an American so that they don't depend so much on the government to help them when they're in need so they were to adapt to the American society so that they could so that they could all get use to learning how to live individually. They were given all the rights and priviliges of citizenship so they wouldn't depend on others to help them. The policy ended US government's relationship with tribes, trust with Indian Reservations, and parting of Indians from stat laws. Native Americans were to become part of the state and federal taxes as well as laws, from which they had prviously been exempt or released from. The tribes were to be official independent American citizens so instead of being a tribesman they were seperate. The termination of these tribes also extinguish their traditional rights to land, hunt, and fishing. 13,263 Indians lost tribal affiliation which total 109 tribes and bands as dependent nations. They also lost 1,365,801 acres of trust land were removed from protected status. Few tribes were able to fight legal battles so that they could try to bring back the tribal government and be able to still have their special relationship with the U.S. federal government. This started in 1953-1964. The House Concurrent Resolution 108 of 1953 was a statement by the U.S. Congress saying they are going to withdraw all federal aid, services, protction, and the end of reservations. Public Law 280, passed in 1953 gave State governments the power to take control over Indian reservations. It also allowed any state to assume jurisdiction over Indian lands by a statute or an amendment to the state constitution and this pretty much made both the states and the Natives unhappy. The main cause of Public Law 280 was to break the special relationship between the federal government.
By 1972 termination affected the tribes' education. There was a 75% dropout rate for the Menominee Tribe because the tribes lost federal support for their schools and the states were expected to educate the Indian children but they didn't do their part. Most of the dropouts only had a 9th grade education. They didn't have their own tribal schools anymore and they get picked on in public schools, but the Menominee education program became a part of Joint School District No.8. The younger kids could attend school closer to their homes but highschool kids had to travel to Gresham, Wisconsin, or Shawano to go to school. For Health Care they didn't even have hospitals or clinics until they relocate off their reservation to get health care for 6 months unless they were close to a indian health care facility. Dental care was also a problem because 90% of school age children in the Menominee tribe needed it and it wasn't free since they lost their tribal status. It was pretty bad for the indians because since the termination the parents didn't have money to afford anything to care for their kids' needs.
After termination unemplyment was up to 18 and 28 percent. Because of the mill they had to pay the new taxes and with no new industry 80% of the tribal population fell below the poverty line. By June 1973 right before the termination policy ended the tribe had almost a 40% unemployment rate. The termination caused indians to suffer basically and because they're handing out money for these people but it doesn't help them so they end this federal budget.
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