Centuries of Genocide: Modoc Indians, Part V (Termination Era, 1954-1986)

by: nulwee

Wed Nov 30, 2011 at 16:33:40 PM PST

^{photo credit: Aaron Huey}

Don't worry if you missed previous installments. This diary will serve as a stand-alone and as part of the series.

In the 20th century, there were two separate, legal, Modoc entities: the Klamath Tribes of Oregon, which includes the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahuskin peoples (a band of Snake Indians), created by an 1864 Treaty, and the Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma, who were created out of the US Army's POWs from the Modoc War of 1872-1873.

Blogging is a self-reflexive and responsive activity. Several commentators have appeared, calling these diaries "whining" about the past. Not relevant to present concerns.  That is not true.  This is a generational series, and by starting off with contact, we've worked our way with a context to the 20th century. We've covered the eras of (Fur) Trade, the First Reservation System (they stay over there) the Second Reservation System, (they move to there) the Indian Wars in the West, (kill the people) forced removal (we send them there) the Assimilation Era (save the man, kill the Indian) and now we come to a forgotten time. It's forgotten even though many of its survivors are still alive: The Termination Era. And many of you were alive then, too.

What is Termination? If I was to tell you that an Indian tribe legally existed and then it later didn't, you might find that a little surprising. But that's exactly what happened, multiple times, in modern American history.  So along came a proponent of assimilation.  He was a Western senator, a Mormon, moderately conservative, of the Republican Party. And he had a plan that would legally extinguish Modoc people in Oregon.

The Lowry War

by: Ojibwa

Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 06:55:54 AM PST

One of the Indian wars which is often overlooked in the popular histories did not take place in the west, but in the South, more specifically in North Carolina. The Lowry War is one part of the story of complex race relations in the South.  

Indians & Race in the South After the Civil War

by: Ojibwa

Fri Mar 05, 2010 at 16:10:22 PM PST

Light skinned vs. Dark skinned

by: dj.mcclure

Sat Jan 23, 2010 at 20:18:33 PM PST

I am trying to find opinions from Native People on how, if any, differences exist between light skinned natives and dark skinned natives.

I would great appreciate your thoughts and opinions on this topic that I may use.

Do you find that dark skinned Natives look differently upon light skinned Natives?  Is so, in what way (and vica versa).

Thank you for your help and thoughts!

DJ McClure