1st Edition

The Bureau Of Indian Affairs

By Theodore W Taylor Copyright 1984
254 Pages
by Routledge

221 Pages
by Routledge

221 Pages
by Routledge

Landmark legislation, such as the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, as well as increasing federal subsidies for Native Americans, growing demand for the energy resources located on the 50 million acres of Native American lands, expanding numbers of Native Americans and their interest groups, devastating reservation unemployment, and other factors have in the last... Read more
Westview Library of Federal Departments, Agencies, and Systems -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The Challenge -- Brief History of Indian Policy -- Organizational History of the Bureau of Indian Affairs -- The Bureau of Indian Affairs Today -- Tribal Government -- Interrelationships and Involvement -- Maine Indian Claims: The Resolution of a Policy Issue -- The Indian Policy Milieu -- The Future -- Policy Issues -- Appendixes -- Tourism Projects -- Status of Nonintercourse Act Land Claims

Biography

Theodore W. Taylor, Phillip Martin