Menominee Drums: Tribal Termination and Restoration, 1954-1974

by Nicholas C. Peroff

Overview

In 1961, the U.S. government terminated the Menominee Indians’ federal status as a recognized tribe, including rights to a self-governed reservation. The Menominees were not the only tribe subject to this injustice; the government’s action was part of its larger policy of termination, which aimed to assimilate all Native Americans into larger American society. For the Menominees, as well as for other tribes, the result was devastating; in addition to their loss of land, Native peoples lost their livelihoods, assets, and very identities.

In Menominee Drums, Nicholas C. Peroff explains how termination evolved and how it affected the Menominees. He also tells the astounding story of how the termination was reversed. Through an organized campaign called DRUMS, the tribe was able to regain its status of federal recognition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780806137773
Publisher:	University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date:	02/15/2006
Pages:	298
Sales rank:	856,959
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Nicholas C. Peroff is Professor of Public Administration at the L. P. Cookingham Institute of Public Affairs, University of Missouri—Kansas City.