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Indian Self-Determination Act  

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  • The Indian Self-Determination Act can be seen in historical context as a recent policy perspective by the U.S. government among several shifting policies on what to do about Indians. The U.S. government has approached the issue of Indians in several manners, including extermination, allotment and assimilation, the New Deal, termination of tribal status, and self-determination. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Indian Self-Determination Act]

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