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Focusing on case studies from six Native nations from across the United States, David R. M. Beck details how the U.S. government coerced American Indian nations to accept termination of their political relationship with the United States by threatening to withhold money that belonged to the tribes.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Failure of Trust
Part 1. Policy
1. Congressional Abuse of Tribal Moneys
2. Rights and Responsibilities
3. Judgment and Compensatory Moneys
Part 2. Forests and Termination
4. The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
5. The Klamath Tribes of Oregon
Part 3. Dams and Termination
6. The Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold
7. The Seneca Nation of Indians and Kinzua Dam
Part 4. Land and Termination
8. The “Mixed-Blood” Utes
9. The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Conclusion: The Lasting Specter of Termination
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
David R. M. Beck is an award-winning historian and a professor in the University of Illinois Department of History. He is the author of
The Struggle for Self-Determination: History of the Menominee Indians since 1854 (Nebraska, 2005) and
Seeking Recognition: The Termination and Restoration of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, 1855–1984 (Nebraska, 2009).
Summary
Focusing on case studies from six Native nations from across the United States, David R. M. Beck details how the U.S. government coerced American Indian nations to accept termination of their political relationship with the United States by threatening to withhold money that belonged to the tribes.
