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Plessy v. Ferguson
This law determined that facilities could be seperate, as long as they were equal. This not only affected African Americans but also Native Americans -
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American Indian Civil Rights
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Indian Citizenship Act
Along with the 14th Ammendment, American Indians were officially declared U.S. citizens. It was signed by President Calvin Coolidge in response to American Indian involvement in WWI. -
Indian Reorganization Act
This act gave back some stability to American Indians and their standards of living. It aimed at protecting them from losing land, provided money for community development, and it also re-established tribal governments. -
Establishment of American Indian Movement
Founders of the movement were Dennis Banks, NeeGawNwayWeeDun, Clyde H. Bellecourt, George Mitchell in Minneanapolis, MN. It was a movemnt that aimed to connect the American Indian community together. It helped with poverty, housing, and police mistreatment. -
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Indians of All Tribes
American Indians took over Alcatraz and make a proclamation called, "Proclomation of the Great White Father." The young American Indians believed the island was suitable for an American Indian reservation that promoted education and could contain a cultural center. -
Trail of Broken Treaties
This event was a nationwide protest by American Indians that started on the West Coast and finished in Washington. This protest sought to promote American Indian rights on Treaty rights and living standards. The movement came to a climax with The Bureau of Indian Affairs building takeover in Novemeber. -
Bureau of Indian Affairs Building Takeover
This event occured at the end of the Trail of Broken Treaties. Over 500 American Indians took over a federal building called The Bureau of Indian Affairs. They did so because of their disconent with housing and other inequalities of their standards of living. -
Wounded Knee Incident
200 American Indians who were part of the AIM took over the small town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. This is the same place that the Wounded Knee Masacre occured in 1890. The AIM protestors fought U.S. officials for their basic needs and because of the removal of a Tribal leader. -
Federation of Survivor Schools
The Department of Housing and urban Development chose the American Indian Movement to improve American Indian Housing and Education. -
The Longest Walk
This was an AIM organized movement that mirrored the Trail of Broken Treaties. Protestors marcherd from San Francisco to the Washington Monument. The purpose however was different. Protestors were against 11 bills that shortchanged Native Americans. A total of 2,000 marchers were present.
