Chronology of American Indian History

In January 2005, the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development issued a new report on the state of American Indian ...

The Indian plaintiffs in Cobell v. Norton also continue to deal with government officials hostile to their concerns. Instigating ...

2000 January 14 The United States proposes the return of land to the Northern Ute. After seven years of negotiation, the Departm ...

that involves some 300,000 Individual Indian Money account holders has already been filed against the federal government (see en ...

May The Grammy Awards add a Native American music category. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences votes to create ...

symbol—$1 million for each year it has appeared on the flag of New Mexico. July Leaders of Zuni Pueblo and the Navajo Nation cel ...

Indian employees, “May you prosper, grow, advo- cate, get under people’s skins.” September 16 The Native Sun Symphony Orchestra ...

ing the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn (see entry for JUNE 25 TO 26, 1876). The six-m ...

P December 11 A band of Cahuilla receives a $14 million settlement. After eighteen years of litigation, Congress grants the Torr ...

voters. The proposition prohibits public school teachers from using any language other than Eng- lish. Arizona tribes tried to d ...

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (see entry for NOVEMBER 16, 1990), thousands of these objects wer ...

opera The Magic Flute. The opera is performed by opera singers from New York, Seattle, and Spokane, as well as the tribe’s Frog ...

similar issues can now look to Ho-Chunk as a model for success.” 2002 February Colorado students form the Fightin’ Whites. As an ...

May 6 to 17 The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is formed. The United Nations establishes the Permanent Forum on Indigenous ...

P October 7 Sovereignty Run rally is held in Washington, D.C. On the steps of the Supreme Court building, runners from hundreds ...

2003 January 22 The Oneida endow a chair at Harvard Law School. Harvard Law school announces the creation of the Oneida Indian N ...

P May The Southwest Museum and Autry Museum merge. The Southwest Museum and the Autry Museum of Western Heritage of Los Angeles ...

September 19 The Canadian Supreme Court grants hunting rights to the Métis. The highest court in Canada finds that the Métis (de ...

P members of the American Indian Movement, the militant Indian rights group that battled with federal authorities during the 197 ...

alcoholism, that particularly plague the Indian community, it also includes resources on traditional Indian healing practices. J ...