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Native American

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  • The Dawes General Allotment Act

    The Dawes General Allotment Act
    The Dawes General Allotment Act passed by Congress in 1887. This lead to the break up of the large Indian Reservations.

  • First American Indian Senate

    First American Indian Senate
    Charles Curtis is the first American Indian elected to the U.S. Senate.

  • American Indians Declared Citizens of U.S.

    American Indians Declared Citizens of U.S.
    All Indians declared citizens of U.S.

  • American Indian Movement (AIM)

    American Indian Movement (AIM)
    American Indian Movement (AIM), Native American civil-rights activist organization, founded in 1968 to encourage self-determination among Native Americans and to establish international recognition of their treaty rights.

  • American Indian Religious Freedom Act

    American Indian Religious Freedom Act
    American Indian Religious Freedom Act (Public Law 95-341 ) passed.It was created to protect and preserve the traditional religious rights and cultural practices of American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts and Native Hawaiians. These rights include, but are not limited to, access of sacred sites, repatriation of sacred objects held in museums, freedom to worship through ceremonial and traditional rites, including within prisons, and use and possession of objects considered sacred.