Indian Independence and Advocates Ending Segregation of Tribal Life, March 3, 1951.

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Date of Work

03/04/1951

Description

This newspaper article, published on March 1, 1951, by the Selfridge (N.D.) Journal and circulated by the “Western Press Clipping Exchange” in Minneapolis, reports on the work of the North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission. Established by the 1949 state legislature, the commission conducted a two-year study to gather data, which concluded that assimilation of Native people into broader American society, socially, culturally, and economically, should be the ultimate goal, and it emphasized that the Indians “want their children to be actual, not just legal Americans.”

Date of Work

3-4-1951

Keywords

Native American Demographics, Native American integration, Assimilation, tribal affairs, Indian reservations, Indian education, North Dakota State Indian Affairs Commission, Tribal Sovereignty, Standing Rock Reservation, Sioux County, Benson County, Rolette County, Mercer County, McLean County, McKenzie County, Dunn County, Eddy County, Fort Totten, Turtle Mountain, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Spirit Lake Oyate, Spirit Lake Nation, Standing Rock Nation, MHA Nation, Mountraill County, Nueta, Hidatsa, Sahnish, Arikara

Organizations Referenced

North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission, Selfridge Journal, Standing Rock Reservation, Federal Indian Bureau

People Referenced

Joseph Wicks

Disciplines

American Politics | Arts and Humanities | History | Indigenous Studies | Law | Native American Studies | Political Science

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Indian Independence and Advocates Ending Segregation of Tribal Life, March 3, 1951." (1951). Usher Burdick Papers. 569.
https://commons.und.edu/burdick-papers/569