1. Native American Rights

2. Long history of discrimination
Life expectancy was 20 years lower
Unemployment rate was 10 times higher
Suicide rates were 100 times higher

3. 2 conditions helped make Indian Rights a Priority
1. Civil Rights Movement
2. The plight of the Native American minority was greater than any other

4. AIM
Formed in 1968
Helped Indians living in urban areas, and on reservations.
Addressed all Civil Rights Issues, securing land, legal rights, and self government

5. Bury My Heart of Wounded Knee
1970
Expresses the American Indian perspective of the injustices and betrayals of the US government

6. Alcatraz Island 1969-1971 November 20th 1969- June 11th 1971
“Indians of all Tribes” claimed the Island as their own

7. The Long March 1972 From San Francisco to Washington D.C.
Took over the Bureau of Indian Affairs and renamed it the Native American Embassy
Wanted the government to raise the quality of living on reservations

8. Wounded Knee 1973 February 27th-May 5th
200 Sioux Indians took over the town
Refused to leave until the government promised to examine conditions on the reservations

9. Legal Action Went to court with copies of old treaties
A treaty with George Washington “The United States acknowledges all the land within the aforementioned boundaries to be property of the Senaca Nation”

10. Indian Self Determination Act
1975
Gave Native people control over the resources that were on their reservations
Allowed Natives to form their own school systems on reservations