As the Indian Law and Policy Center reports,
termination of Indian tribes as sovereign political entities is endemic
in the current presidential administration. Taken as a whole, the
agenda of key cabinet appointees and advisors is to finalize
assimilation of tribes into the American system of corporate
institutional dominance.
In essence, this agenda’s goal is the de facto abrogation of treaties
made between tribes and the United States. Indeed, remarks made by
Interior Secretary Zinke come right out of the CERA Anti-Indian playbook.