Mark Trahant

Era of Contraction (Like Termination) Begins Slowly; Tribes Have Time to Find New Resources

It’s nearly impossible to know when a new political era has begun for certain....

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September 21, 2011

Reading Between the Lines of Trahant’s Last Great Battle

Rob Capriccioso
August 11, 2011
Mark Trahant's slim volume , The Last Great Battle of the Indian Wars , is a fascinating read—so much so that Indian Country Today Media Network's Rob Capriccioso gave the author a...

Termination: De-listed and Re-listed

Gale Courey Toensing
May 19, 2011
The Termination Era of the 1950s and 1960s, when the federal government casually tossed the treaties with Indian nations to the wind, ending its special relationship with more than...
Mark Trahant

Throw Away the Old Playbook: Tribes and Counties Are Better Off Working Together as Neighbors

Property Taxes Chart...

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June 27, 2011
Mark Trahant

A Year After Health Care Reform, the Discourse of Termination Returns in the Battle of Ideas

Just over a year ago President Barack Obama signed the health care reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...

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March 29, 2011

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