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Opsahl v. Johnson
The MN Supreme Court rules that embers of the Red Lake Chippewa Tribe cannot vote in county elections -
Swift v. Leach
Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe are now eligable to voteunder ND law. -
NCAI
Multiple tribes form the National Congress of American Indians -
Williams v. Lee
Supreme Court case upheld the authority of tribal courts to make decisions invoving pople who were not Native Americans -
National Indian Youth Council forms.
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AIM
American Indian Movement forms, this would be the most pwoerful Indian civil rights movement -
Poverty Statistic
40% of the entire Native American population lived below thepovery line -
Trail of Broken Treaties
Protest led by AIM in the fall of 1970, ongoing -
National Day of Mourning
Wampanoag Tribe holds a National Day ofMourning at Plymouth Rock, Mass. on Thanksgiving day. The tribe had taken part in the firstThanksgiving 350 years earlier. -
Indian Education Act
Gave parents greater control of their childrens' schools. -
Major AIM protest
Over 200 indians gather at the court house in Custer, SD to protest the unfair prosecution of the murderer of Wesley Bad Heart Bull. A few of the protesters were allowed to alk to officials with no luck in re-opening he case. Wesley's mother was beaten when trying to enter the court house and most of the protsters were arrested. -
Poverty
Native Americans have the highest percentage of un-employment in the nation at 7.6%