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Native Americans

By FrankieB
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    Native Americans Post 1945

  • Dennis Banks

    Dennis Banks
    Dennis Bankscofounder of the native american rights group aim. He is a activist, a teacher, and a leader in the native american community. he is 77 years old.

  • Founding of AIM

    Founding of AIM
    AIMAIM was a Native American activist group that was formulated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The goals of the group involved spirituality, leadership, and sovereignty. The group gained popularity across the US as Native Americans were upset with police harrassment, poverty, treaty problems, and housing. As the group was starting out, they were often times violent.

  • The occupation of Alcatraz

    The occupation of Alcatraz
    Link- The protests began because of the Treaty of Fort Laramie between the U.S. and the Sioux. The treaty returned the Native peoples all retired, abandoned and out-of use federal lands.
    - The Native Americans occupied Alcatraz for 14 months until the federal government removed them.
    - The Occupation of Alcatraz brought international attention to the Native Americans.
    -It also sparked more than 200 instances of civil disobedience among Native people.

  • Occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC

    Occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC
    BIA TakeoverIndians from around the nation flooded on the BIA building and stayed there for seven days with hopes of getting more rights. They left after 7 days doing 700,000 dollars worth of damage and directly acomplish little to nothing.

  • Occupation of Wounded Knee

    Occupation of Wounded Knee
    Wounded KneeAround 200 Oglala Lakota Native Americans seized and took over the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. These people were followers of AIM and did this becasue the US government was not keeping their word about treaties.

  • Cobell v. Salazar and the Claims resolution act

    Cobell v. Salazar and the Claims resolution act
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    - In 1996 Eloise Cobell filled a lawsuit on the United States due to the discrepancies in the management of funds for lands held in trust by the United States that she discovered.
    - In 2010 a verdict was finally reached allocating $3.4 billion into the Native American community into 3 different organizations now know as the Claims Resolution Act.

  • Continued Problems

    Continued Problems
    Problems Today
    Problems still persist today for Native Americans. For example living conditions on reservations is very poor. Housing is difficult to come by along with employment. Life expectancy is also lower for Native Americans.

  • Major Native American Accomplishments

    Major Native American Accomplishments
    nativr - Casinos raise employment rates, stimulate the economy and lead to tribal independence for Native Americans and their tribes.
    -they gained fishing and hunting rights back
    - they are more recognized as a group