Native American key points Flashcards
Lone Wolf v Hitchcock
1903 SC ruling revoking all previous treaties
IRA
1934 - recognition of religion and ended allotment policy
Pueblo Indians 1913
named incapable of owning land, lost it in 1921
Meriam report
1928 - preserve NA culture (paternalistic)
NCAI
1944 - political protest, court action, pressured government into ICC
ICC
1946 - made to return land but just gave compenstaion
termination
1953 - aggressive assimilation
National Indian youth council
fish ins
Siege of Alcatraz
1969
end of termination
nixon
self determination act
1975
Indian education act
1975 - greater involvement with child education
fisher v Montana
1976 - tribal courts decide adoption cases
charrier v bell
1986 - Indian burial grounds protected
us v sioux nation
1980 compensation 17.5mill and 5% interest