Chronology of American Indian History

rise in the official Indian population (reported as 1.9 million in the 1990 census). March 7 The Tuscarora lose their lawsuit ag ...

P natural resources, and the disbanding of 10 regional Bureau of Indian Affairs offices. July The first World Eskimo-Indian Olym ...

December The National Indian Council is formed. The first major pan-Native organization in Can- ada since the demise of the Leag ...

Montoya v. Bolack confirms the enfranchisement of New Mexico Indians. After narrowly losing a race for lieutenant governor of Ne ...

P center will display work of artists from more than 50 tribes. December 2 Annie Dodge Wauneka receives the Medal of Freedom. In ...

The exhibition catalog singles out these painters’ works as exemplifying “the new spirit of experimen- tation and invention whic ...

P objections, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers be- gins work on the dam, which leads to the flooding of more than 10,000 acres o ...

P Indian Actors’ Workshop at the Los Angeles In- dian Center. The workshop calls for more accurate portrayals of Indians in tele ...

P or wish to acquire.” Instead, its authors state that Indian communities need more control over gov- ernment trust funds and re ...

an organization that brings together more than 20 Indian groups to solve shared economic and social problems. April to October C ...

P standard of living up to the same level as that of other Americans. Second, the president comes out against the Relocation pol ...

a year, AIM’s efforts will reduce Indian arrests in Minneapolis by 50 percent. AIM’s early victories will attract members from u ...

In the early morning hours of November 20, 1969, 78 young Indians arrived on Alcatraz, in San Fran- cisco Bay, and declared that ...

in 1970, the new policy was intended as a complete reversal of Termination, through which the govern- ment had attempted to dism ...

1969 Vine Deloria Jr.’s Custer Died for Your Sins is published. A Dakota lawyer, activist, and former executive director of the ...

P June 25 The Canadian government issues the White Paper on Indian Affairs. Canadian minister of Indian affairs Jean Chrétien re ...

P November The National Indian Education Association is founded. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, during the first na- tional conferen ...

November 20 The Indians of All Tribes takes over Alcatraz Island. Led by Adam Fortunate Eagle and Richard Oakes, 78 Native Ameri ...

P organization, Oklahomans for Indian Opportunity, AIO is a non-profit group dedicated to improving the economic, political, and ...

announcements ever telecast. The advertisement, however, is criticized by some Indians, who see it as propagating the romantic s ...