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What was the intention
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it was intended to grant all privileges and rights of citizens to the Native American; however, it actually ended tribe sovereignty and freedom, trusteeship of the reservations and exclusion of Indians from state laws.
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The Indian Termination Policy was intended to assimilate the Native Americans as individuals (as opposed to one ethnic group) into mainstream Western civilization. At least, that was the belief. It was established by Congress as a means of ending all relations between Native American Tribes and the federal government.

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