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This event started when Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car. Therefore breaking a Louisiana law. He thought his rights were violated because of the fact that he was African American.
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The Indian Citizenship Act was introduced by Homer Snyder and granted full U.S. citizenship to Native Americans.
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The U.S. federal legislation secured rights to Native Americans. The act also mainly restored Native Americans ownage of land. Preserved Indian reservations.
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It is the second oldest national Indian organization and is Indian conceived, owned, and operated. NIYC has thousands of members worldwide.
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The American Indian Movement was initially formed to address American Indian sovereignty, treaty issues, and leadership, while addressing incidents of police harassment and racism against Native Americans forced to move away from reservations and tribal culture by the 1950s.
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The 1972 Indian Education Act was the landmark legislation establishing a comprehensive approach to meeting the exclusive needs of American Indian students.
