Era of Self-Determination - Legislation
• 1968 – Indian Civil Rights Act • 1968 – PL 280 limited • 1971 – Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act • 1975 – Indian Self Determination and Educational Assistance Act of 1975 – • Requires federal agencies to allow tribes to administer various federal programs on the reservation like: • Health clinics • Law enforcement • Education • Social Services • 1976 – Indian Health Care Improvement Act • 1978 – Indian Child Welfare Act
• 1988 – Indian Gaming Regulatory Act • 1994 – Government-to-Government consultation Executive Order 13175 • Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 - expanded punitive abilities of tribal courts. • Increased jail sentences. • Enhanced information sharing • Requires US Attorneys to account for declinations in Indian Country. • Violence Against Women Act of 2013 • Cobell settlement – 2009 • $3.4B total • $1.4B to plaintiffs • $2B to repurchase land distributed under Dawes Act
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