Indian termination policy
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title:
Indian termination policy
text:
Indian termination is a phrase describing United States policies relating to Native Americans from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s. It was shaped by a series of laws and practices with the intent of assimilating Native Americans into mainstream American society. Cultural assimilation of Native Americans was not new; the belief that indigenous people should abandon their traditional lives and become what the government considers "civilized" had been the basis of policy for centuries. What was new,
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description:
1940s–1960s U.S. assimilation policy towards Native Americans
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_termination_policy
date created:
2007-02-19T17:43:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T13:16:54Z
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