be in self-government and protected the land base of the tribes. It ended the Allotment Act and restored the surplus lands to the Indians. This land only included the land that had not already been sold off. The Act also encouraged tribes to adopt constitutions. However, this self-government still had to be approved by the federal government.Congress terminated a number of tribes. This meant the Indians no longer existed as a tribe. They were subject to state laws and their lands were sold off. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) encouraged Indians to leave their reservations under its Relocation Program. BIA offered grants to those Indians who moved to urban areas because there was a high unemployment rate on the reservations. Maine was the last state to allow the Indians to vote, although they did not receive "full franchise" to vote until 1967, they did have the right to vote in 1954. The 50's and 60's brought hard times for the Passamaquoddy; unemployment, dependence on state aid, poor living conditions and overcrowding on the reservations. These misfortunes only made the Passamaquoddies families stronger. When the television came to the reservations, the Passamaquoddy were able to see the civil rights activity in the South. This caused a number of questions among the tribe regarding what their own rights were . Also in the 1960's the tribe found out that they were entitled to federal money because its people were so poor. The tribe received federal aid from then on (Brook 4).A group of men and woman of the Passamaqouddy tribe had a sit-in at the site of a non-Indian who was building a cabin on Passamaquoddy land in 1964. The Passamaquoddy were arrested and Don Gellen, the attorney representing them, prepared to file suit by the Passamauoddy against the state of Maine for payment of land taken without compensation in violation of the1794 treat. The Pasaamaquoddy were required to file against the state of Massachuset...
