""This Is My Reservation, I Belong Here"": The Salish Kootenai Indian Struggle Against Termination

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Jaakko Puisto

""This Is My Reservation, I Belong Here""

The Salish Kootenai Indian Struggle Against Termination

Jaakko Puisto

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Salish Kootenai College
15 December 2016

History of the Americas; Social & cultural history; Indigenous peoples

In the 1950s, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes were high on the list of Indian tribes to be terminated as a tribal and Native community. Jaakko Puisto's history describes the struggle of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to avoid congressional termination of the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. He tells of the debate within the tribes and their work to build political and public support. With the help of the Montana congressional delegation, the bill to terminate the reservation was defeated.

Puisto compares the experience of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes with that of other tribes, such as the Klamath and the Menominee Indians, who were terminated in the 1950s. Termination proved to be a disaster for the tribes who experienced it.

In the 1970s, the tribes again debated termination, but this time the push to terminate came from within the tribes. Puisto describes how the tribes decided against the termination proposals and then went on to assert their political and economic sovereignty. The tribes survived the challenges of the twentieth century to become important political and economic players in twenty-first-century Montana.

By: Jaakko Puisto
Imprint: Salish Kootenai College
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 277g
ISBN: 9781934594186
ISBN 10: 1934594180
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 15 December 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jaakko Puisto, a native of Finland, finished his BA in history at the University of Turku, Finland, and moved to the United States for graduate studies in 1993. He earned his PhD in history at Arizona State University in 2000. He currently teaches history at Scottsdale Community College in Arizona.