Reactions to Termination Policy: HCR 108 and PL 280
By Marco Caba-Acevedo Spring 2025 House Concurrent Resolution 108 and Public Law 280, each passed on August 1st and 15th of 1953, respectively, sought to terminate the intergovernmental relationships between the American federal government and several Native nations. HCR 108 called for Native nations to be made subjects of American …