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50 years ago, election ushered in new era for US tribes May 10, 2021 114 views  In this Dec 4, 2016, file photo, Dan Nanamkin, of the Colville Nez Perce Native American tribe in Nespelem, Wash., right, drums with a procession through the Oceti Sakowin camp after it was announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won’t grant easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) By Mark Trahant THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fifty years ago th...

Fifty years ago this week the federal government’s experiment with termination was crushed at the ballot box on the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington state.

50 years ago, election ushered in new era for US tribes MARK TRAHANT, Indian Country Today May 8, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8Linda Desautel, center in white, looks skyward and cheers with friends and Colville Confederated Tribe members as they rally in support of her husband Rick Desautel, whose case in the Canadian Supreme court arguing for the Sinixt peoples right to hunt traditional lands in Canada was first heard, on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, near Kettle Falls, Wash. Its bee...

The election that ended termination More than a hundred tribes were terminated by the United States — and not one after the Colville people voted against the idea Author: May 7, 2021 Chairman Rodney Cawston, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, stands in front of the Lucy Covington Government Center. Fifty years ago this week an election at Colville, led by Covington, ended the federal policy of termination. (Photo courtesy of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation...