Indian termination policy
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Indian termination describes 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 Na
Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon favored self-determination instead of termination.
Republican Senator Arthur Watkins of Utah was the chief Congressional proponent of Indian termination
Ada Deer was not in favor of termination.
Treaty of Penn with Indians by Benjamin West
Menominee
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The Menominee are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans officially known as the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. Their land base is the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin. Their
Chief Oshkosh, c. 1858
Ball-headed War Club with Spike, Menominee, early 19th century, Brooklyn Museum
Menomini dress at the Field Museum in Chicago
Spearing Salmon By Torchlight, an oil painting by Paul Kane. It features Menominee spearfishing at night by torchlight and canoe on the Fox River.