Menominee Tribe of Indians v. United States, 391 U.S. 404, is a case in which the Supreme Court ruled that the Menominee Indian Tribe kept their historical hunting and fishing rights even after the fe
Menominee Chief Oshkosh
Justice William O. Douglas, author of the majority opinion
Justice Potter Stewart, author of the dissenting opinion
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