Chronology of American Indian History

organization is created in response to the high drop- out rate among Native American students and their extreme underrepresentat ...

P government. (See also entries for JULY 20, 1979; DECEMBER 15, 2000; and JANUARY 20, 2001.) “I stand before you as a proud man; ...

P During the conference, the IITC is named a nongovernmental organization (NGO), the first group to be given this designation by ...

Washington, the several hundred protesters repre- senting some 90 Indian groups hold a rally near the Washington Monument on Jul ...

Effectively the Martinez decision prohibits federal courts from hearing future claims against tribal governments. Critics hold t ...

effect seven criteria an Indian group must meet to be considered a tribe by the federal government. If acknowledged as a tribe, ...

P Register,” an annual listing of tribes recognized as eligible for federal funds and services by the secre- tary of the interio ...

the tribal police force is disbanded in 1981, but the tension on the reservation will continue (see entry for April 24, 1990). J ...

With the election of President Ronald Reagan in 1980, Indians faced a new challenge. Once in office, Reagan almost immediately a ...

1990 passed a revision of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, criminalizing such misrepresentation. In the last years of the 20th ce ...

P 1980 April 15 Cherokee’s Tellico Dam suit is dismissed. To stop the Tennessee Valley Authority’s construction of the Tellico D ...

American Civil Rights Fund, the settlement was “far and away the greatest Indian victory of its kind in the history of the Unite ...

Camp Yellow Thunder will remain in opera- tion for four years. The peaceful protest will compel the federal government to reexam ...

ment Act and the Indian Mining Development Act. The laws are intended to help tribes with energy- rich lands receive fair royalt ...

memory of the six children who were killed in the unwarranted attack. 1983 Yakama activist David Sohappy Sr. is convicted of vio ...

January 19 James Watts brands reservations as “socialist.” In a television interview, Secretary of the Inte- rior James Watts st ...

P resources, it may dictate how they are used by Indi- ans and non-Indians alike. July 15 The Supreme Court allows Indian water ...

acclaim. Through 14 self-contained stories, each narrated by a different character, the work tells the story of several Chippewa ...

September 23 Lawsuit forces a newspaper to apologize for publishing photographs of a Pueblo dance. Ignoring the Pueblo’s ban on ...

February 20 The Supreme Court reverses the Dann decision. In United States v. Dann, the Western Shoshone Dann family, led by sis ...