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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 53
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 117-19
TO REPEAL CERTAIN OBSOLETE LAWS RELATING TO
INDIANS
APRIL 28, 2021.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. SCHATZ, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 789]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 789) to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment
and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 789 is to repeal eleven outdated federal laws
relating to Indians with the goal of reversing certain historic
wrongs committed by the United States against Indians and Indian
Tribes.
BACKGROUND
S. 789 would repeal eleven laws enacted between 1862 and 1913
relating to Indians. From the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s-often
referred to as the removal and reservations and allotment and
assimilation eras of federal Indian policy-the United States treat-
ed Tribes with hostile aggression and overt racism. During both
eras, the federal government attempted to assimilate the Native
Americans by disrupting traditional community structures and
ways of life. The federal government also punished tribal members
for engaging in traditional cultural ceremonies and practices.
In light of modern federal Indian policy that recognizes the
unique sovereign status of Tribal governments and supports a gov-
ernment-to-government relationship with the United States, the
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