Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, America’s Indian youth started to gather together and form their own clubs and communities. This eventually led to bigger and better-organized communities. […]
Even though it appeared that America was quite progressive than ever when it came to minority issues like black equality, the hostile attitude towards Native American communities didn’t seem to change. […]
Native activists were able to enter the realm of literature, art, music, and higher education, contributing to the success of indigenous organizations and movements. […]
Tribal nations did everything in their power to be recognized and regain their rights. They were able to achieve most of their goals through various organizations and movements. […]
The Trail of Broken Treaties and the Wounded Knee occupation symbolized a new beginning for the sovereignty movement for many American Indians. The media coverage these events generated helped to make non-Native Americans more aware of and perhaps sympathetic to Indians rights. […]
The occupation of Alcatraz, led by Richard Oakes, took place in 1969. The occupiers were 78 young people who called themselves Indians of all Tribes and aimed to reclaim their lands from the government. […]
The Constitution now had a bill of Rights, a task undertaken largely by the one man—James Madison—who had most vehemently opposed such a bill in the first place. […]
It took jockeying from James Madison for Congress finally to agree to address George Washington simply as “President of the United States” and “Mr. President”. […]
The Indian Reorganization Act was met with mixed results by the Natives, with those who had adopted it still having conflicts with the government. However, the Indian New Deal had dimensions other than just the act. […]
The mounting pressure against loss of tribal sovereignty led to the launch of the Indian Reorganization Act in 1934. While 181 tribes voted to accept it as law, 77 tribes had reasons to reject it. […]
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