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Valandra, Charles. "The Lakota Response to Public Law 83-280: 1950-1959," American Studies, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, June 2001.
In 1953 Congress, through House Concurrent Resolution No. 108, officially ushered in the termination era. As policy the objective of termination was to directly transfer federal control and administration of Native affairs to states. In short, the US deliberately sought to neutralize Native self-governance though legislative fiat. One law in particular, Public Law 83-280, allowed for a state to apply its civil and criminal laws over Native country. Hence, while national in scope, the actual application of Public Law 83-280 was bitterly contested at the state and local level. This discourse is about how South Dakota, despite strident Lakota protests to the contrary, first invoked Public Law 83-280 in 1957 by enacting House Bill No. 892 and how the Lakota successfully responded to South Dakota’s encroachment by halting HB No. 892’s implementation. Owing to what was at stake for both the Lakota and South Dakota, this would be the first of four unsuccessful attempts (the last being in 1963) by the state at invoking Public Law 83-280. Notably, Public Law 83-280 was later amended to include Native consent as a prerequisite to state jurisdiction.
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