Tribal Self Determination Revisited: President Nixon’s Lasting Impact on American Indian Life
October 16 at 8:30 AM - 1:45 PM
Tribal Self Determination Revisited:
President Nixon’s Lasting Impact on American Indian Life
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
First Americans Museum, Oklahoma City
Free Event Admission
The Chickasaw Nation and The Richard Nixon Foundation will partner to co-host a policy conference in Oklahoma City to reflect on the Nixon administration’s transformative federal policy of American Indian self-determination, and foster a deeper understanding of how this policy continues to impact American Indian life and tribal sovereignty issues today.
By adopting a policy of Indian self-determination, the Nixon administration reversed a decades-long series of discriminatory policies that forced assimilation. This was a seismic shift in the relationship between Indian tribes and the U.S. federal government. Legislation such as the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 aimed to restore tribal sovereignty and support the economic, social, and cultural growth of American Indian communities.