[1] The commission was established in order to conduct a comprehensive review of the relationship between the USA federal government and Native Americans.
[1][4] To fix the inconsistency in Native American policy, Senator James G. Abourezk proposed the Senate Joint Solution 133 which would establish an American Indian Policy Review Commission to review these laws.
[5] The American Indian Policy Review Commission established eleven task forces, each consisting of three members.
[5] The American Indian Policy Review Commission ultimately published a report as a set of volumes in 1976 and 1977.
[6] However, the resulting report did not provide the extensive legal and historical analysis that was expected and was quickly passed from view.