Native Americans gaining greater Civil Rights

Question 1

Political Rights (5)

Answer 1

• Red Clouds War 1866 -> Fort Laramie Treaty 1868
• Lone Wolf vs. Hitchcock 1903 -> “Ignorant and dependent race”
• WW1 Contribution (>12,000) -> Indian Citizenship Act 1924
• NCAI 1944 (Pressured courts) -> Indian Claims Commission
• NIYC 1961 -> Drew Attention of Media (Protests+ Marlon Brando) -> CHANGE + PRESSURE ON FED GOV

Question 2

Cultural Rights (4)

Answer 2

• IRA 1934 -> Collier -> ABBERATION
• NIYC -> used media + Fish-ins (Marlon Brando 1964) -> REPRESENT CULTURE + CHANGE
• Occupation of Alcatraz 69-71 + AIM e.g. Occupation of Mt. Rushmore -> Nixons reversal of Termination 1970
• Reagans lack of Native American policies “Native Capitalism” -> Aim stopped in 1975, no more media cov.

Question 3

Land/ Economic Rights (4)

Answer 3

• Red Clouds War 1866 -> Fort Laramie Treaty -> Black Hills of Dakota
• Little Big Horn 1876 -> Land taken
• Curtis Act 1898 -> Sequoyah was taken, Oklahoma
• NCAI -> Indian Claims Commission 1946 (return land)