Native American Rights Movement (post 1945)

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  • Dennis Banks

    AIM leader and co-founder Dennis Banks was a big part of the Native american rights movement. He was involved in the Red Power Movement, THe Trail of Broken Treaties and the takeover of Wounded Knee.

  • Trujillo V. Garley Supreme Court decision

    Trujillo V. Garley Supreme Court decision
    Court ruled that the States were required to let Native Americans vote.

  • Indian Relocation Act 1956

    Indian Relocation Act 1956
    The Indian Relocation act encouraged Indians to leave their reservations and relocate.

  • Williams V. Lee

    Williams V. Lee
    This gave tribal courts the ability to handle cases involving non-indians.

  • Indian Civil Rights act

    Indian Civil Rights act
    This gave tribal governments most protections from the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth amendment.

  • American Indian Movement (AIM)

    American Indian Movement (AIM)
    The AIM was founded in Minneapolis and it aimed towards bettering the lives of American Indians.

  • Indian Self-Determination and Education act

    Indian Self-Determination and Education act
    This enhanced politcal power and economic self sufficiency

  • Indian Health Care Act

    Indian Health Care Act
    This act granted indians better health care and to more people, it also took care of the deficiencies in the old health care.