...needs. Underlying the deliberations of this Task Force was President Nixon's emphatic announcement: "... The time has come to break decisively with the past...is determined by Indian acts and Indian decisions. ..." The Task Force fully endorses the President's statement: " . . . Self-determination among the...

...recognize and build upon the capacities and insights of the Indian people. . . . The time has come to create the conditions for a new era in which the...is determined by Indian acts and Indian decisions." An integral part of self-determination is the Indians' capacity to govern themselves and to develop...

...policy, we must begin to act on the basis of what the Indians themselves have long been telling us. The time has come to break decisively with the past...is determined by Indian acts and Indian decisions. SELF-DETERMINATION WITHOUT TERMINATION The first and most basic question that must be answered with...

...any assurance in the bill that these tribes can have this control. President Nixon stated last July that, "the time has come to break decisively with...is determined by Indian acts and Indian decisions." At this point, we see no reason why this policy statement cannot become a reality. i The revisions...

...policy, we must begin to act on the basis of what the Indians themselves have long been telling us. The time has come to break decisively with the past...is determined by Indian acts and Indian decisions." Our policy at the Bureau is patterned after this philosophy — that the American Indian does, indeed,...

...policy, we must begin to act on the basis of what the Indians themselves have long been telling us. The time has come to break decisively with the past...is determined by Indian acts and Indian decisions. SELF DETERMiNATION WiTHOUT TERMINATION The first and most basic question that must be answered with...

...policy, we must begin to act on the basis of what the Indians themselves have long been telling us. The time has come to break decisively with the past...is determined by Indian acts and Indian decisions." Our policy at the Bureau is patterned after this philosophy — that the American Indian does, indeed,...

...policy, we must begin to act on the basis of what the Indians themselves have long been telling us. The time has come to break decisively with the past...is determined by Indian acts and Indian decisions." Our policy at the Bureau is patterned after this philosophy — that the American Indian does, indeed,...

...history and purpose. The President stated that justice and enlightened social policy required the nation "to break decisively with the past and to create the...determined by Indian acts and Indian decisions". In his message, the President deemed the policies of termination, and federal paternalism as "equally...

...Federal Government began to recognize and build upon the capacity and insights of the Indian people...". "The time has come to break decisively with the past...in which the Indian future is determined by Indian actions and Indian decisions." In line with this policy, legislative proposals have been made, an extensive...