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Book Review
Federal Indian Policy in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, 19611969. By Thomas Clarkin. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2001. xiv + 376 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95.)
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In 1961, when the federal government's disastrous termination policy guided Indian affairs, American Indians gathered at a conference in Chicago to discuss their mutual concerns and forge recommendations for policy changes. The Declaration of Indian Purpose that was drafted from this auspicious meeting roundly condemned termination for its destruction of Indian resources and aspirations. The report demanded that Congress revoke House Concurrent Resolution 108, through which termination of federal assistance was then being applied to specific tribes, and implement a new, more enlightened policy that would foster economic development and improve education, health, housing, and law on the reservations. Indians were to participate in the planning and implementation of the new policy, something that had been sadly lacking in past policies, but which now implied a significant step toward self-determination for native peoples. |
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