Chronology of American Indian History

P percent of the vote. Mankiller will retire from tribal politics in 1995, citing health problems. “With all of the progres- siv ...

the tribal court system. In a report to Congress, the commission discusses complaints that tribal officials have interfered with ...

people, who have lived in northeastern Alaska for approximately 1,200 years. Like their ancestors, they survive on subsistence h ...

The decision establishes that Indian groups throughout the United States can operate unregu- lated gaming enterprises as long as ...

P which they also vow to defend Indian religious tra- ditions and to help Indians recover sacred objects and protect sacred site ...

March Native leader J. J. Harper is killed by non-Indian policemen. J. J. Harper, the executive director of the Island Lake Trib ...

comment leads to a storm of protest from Indian leaders and activists, who castigate the president for promoting negative Indian ...

of the site, and they oppose the construction of a visitor’s center and a new road to the site. Many of the tribes’ concerns wil ...

increased Indian fishing will drive off sports fish- ermen and other tourists, on whose business many whites rely for their live ...

on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation in the 1970s. The suit, brought by FBI agent David Price, held that the book defames Pr ...

for 1947), which placed boarding school students in the homes of Mormon families to be educated about Mormonism. October 13 The ...

P The film Dances with Wolves premieres. Dances with Wolves, a three-hour epic starring and directed by non-Indian actor Kevin C ...

residents will receive one dollar for every ton of trash dumped in the enormous landfill. Fearing en- vironmental damage, the co ...

barricade to keep the police out and exchange gun- fire with troops that attempt to enter Ganienkeh. April 17 Oregon v. Smith su ...

P The forest, however, lies in lands, including an In- dian graveyard, that were traditionally claimed by the Mohawk. To prevent ...

languages in institutions operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. November 16 The Native American Graves Protection and Repatr ...

Oklahoma maintains that the Potawatomi owe state tax on any sales of cigarettes to non-tribal members on their reservation. The ...

P “When we see these folks dressed as Indians and wear- ing war paint, the stereotypes of Indians come out. They wear headdresse ...

P their aboriginal claims to more than 1 million square miles of territory. 1992 Ben Nighthorse Campbell joins the Senate. After ...

the scope of the project and advocate a much larger cleanup of their reservation. (See also entries for 1996 and FEBRUARY 1998.) ...