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U.S. Supreme Court

Jan. 22, 2016

Case downplays history of Native American relations

Failed policies litter the history of relations between the United States and Native American nations.

Greg Ablavsky

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By Greg Ablavsky

Failed policies litter the history of relations between the United States and Native American nations. Civilization, removal, assimilation, termination - though all came wrapped in a language of benevolence, all had tragic consequences for Native American peoples.

Among the most disastrous of these policies was allotment, the federal government's subdivision of Native American lands. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court gr...

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