Red Power Flashcards
What march did Native Americans take part in 1964?
In the 1960s the Natives united as seen at Washington DC in 1964 where hundreds of Indians gathered for recognition in President Johnson’s ‘War on Poverty.’
What were NCAI successes and failures?
During the 1960s the NCAI had some successes in the courts and obtained a pledge from President Kennedy to develop human/natural resources of reservations. Young Indians became frustrated by the slow progress made by the NCAI and suspicions that it was out of touch with most Native Americans.
What book raised awareness of Native American issues?
Dee Brown published Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee to raise awareness about the history of Natives and their plight.
What fish in did Native Americans hold?
1968 Indians in Washington State asserted old treaty rights to fish in the Columbia River and Puget Sound. A fish-in was staged after the State Supreme Court failed to uphold treaty rights to fish.
What was AIM?
In 1968 the American Indian Movement, AIM, was established, a militant organisation promoting improvement of Indians. They took up racial discrimination against young Native Americans and in response they patrolled the streets in red berets and jackets, monitoring police activites, leading to decline in arrest and imprisonment of young Indians.
What was native sovereignty?
Young Indians pursued the return of ‘native sovereignty,’ to describe the power that rested with tribes to inhabit their land and live according to tribal laws, religion, and custom
What was the cause of the Alcatraz siege?
In 1969 fourteen Indian men and women occupied former prison island of Alcatraz, led by Richard Oakes, a member of the Mohawk tribe, most negotiations were carried out by Adam Fortunate Eagle Nordwell. Before the island was wanted, it belonged to the Ohlone Indians.
What did Natives offer the government at Alcatraz? When did the siege end?
The invaders offered the government $24 in beads and cloth, the price that had been paid to the Indians. Government refused, 80 Indians inhabited island. Natives wanted to portray it as the life imprisonment in poverty on reservations and in urban areas. It gained huge media coverage until it was ended on 11 June 1971.
What was the impact of Alcatraz?
10,000 Natives during occupation visited the island. Many others made a stand by occupying federal lands and disobeying federal fishing regulations.
What ruling was made by the Supreme Court in 1986?
When Native Americans crossed into/out of the US from Canada or Mexico, Border Patrol agents demanded to inspect sacred medicine bundles carried/worn by Indian men despite Freedom Act trying to stop this. The law failed to provide enforcement machinery. In 1986 the Supreme Court ruled that Natives’ rights to use eagles’ feathers fell under federal supervision.
What was the 1987 Legal Review?
Indians demanded the return to tribes of skeletal burial remains and artefacts by museums and universities. In 1987 the Legal Review, a publication of the Native American Rights Fund, devoted its lead article to discuss federal burial policies.
What was the result of the 1987 Legal Review?
In Nov 1990 President George Bush signed the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act to force the return of remains to tribes.
How did people try to resist Native Americans using their vote?
People in Western areas on/near the reservations had resistance to Indian voting. In Arizona state legislatures hoped to divide one of the counties to reduce the impact of Navajo voters. Limiting the number of voting centres and holding large county elections kept many Indians away from the polls.
