NA Civil Rights Flashcards
What year was the Dawes (Allotment) Act passed?
1887
How much land did NAs lose from their reservations by 1900?
150m to 78m
Which supreme court case meant that treaties did not have to be honoured?
1903 Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock
Name such a treaty
Fort Laramie-Sioux tribe (1868)
What year was Termination brought in?
1953
What year was the NA Citizenship Act passed?
1923
Which group was founded by John Collier to support NAs?
AIDA (American Indian Defense Association)
What did Johnson term NAs as?
“The Forgotten Americans”
Did NAs benefit from affirmative action
Some did but not to any great extent
In what year did Nixon pledge to return NA lands?
1970-in 1972 land was returned to Yakoma tribe
Which act was passed in 1972
Indian Education Act
Which act was passed in 1978
Native American Religious Freedom Act
Which SC case greatly helped NAs in the quest for land?
Oneida v. Oneida Counties (1974)
Name a SC case which followed Oneida
United States v. the Sioux Nation (1980)
How much was paid to the Sioux in compensation?
$107m
How many NAs lived in the US by 1990?
1.7million
What was the first pan-Indian organisation?
The Society of American Indians
What was the most successful Indian group?
National Indian Youth Council (formed 1961)
What was the first militant group to be established?
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Name an earlier (unsuccessful) pan-Indian group
National Congress of American Indians-only contained tribe elders etc. who were too conservative/conflicted in interest
Outline the Siege of Alcatrazzz
- 1969
- Led by Richard Oakes
- Disused prison synonymous with life imprisonment
- Invaders offered $24 in beads and cloth paid for the island
- Global audience watched on
- Sparked a wave of grassroots activism
When was the Occupation of Mount Rushmore?
1971
When was the Trail of Broken Treaties Caravan?
1972-Mimicking the Trail of Tears
Which year was the Occupation of Wounded Knee?
1973-sight of a massacre in the late 1800s.
