Native American Rights Movement

By lydiaz15400

  • Dennis Bank

    Dennis Bank
    Dennis Bank Dennis Banks is a main leader in the Native American rights movement because he
    - led and co-founded AIM.
    -led several kinds of protest
    also,
    he was also sent to boarding schools as a kid
    -led the occupation of wounded knee

  • Occupation of Alcatraz

    Occupation of Alcatraz
    http://www.nps.gov/alca/historyculture/we-hold-the-rock.htm -Started by the Indans of all tribes (IAT)
    -Lasted 19 months
    -400 people occupying the island
    -US government ended it peacfully

  • Occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC

    Occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC
    BIA
    • Many American Indians took over the Bureau of Indian affairs building in D.C. -Wanted better living standards and treaty rights -Greatest action by Indians since the 'Battle of Little Big Horn'

  • Occupation of Wounded Knee by Oglala Sioux

    Occupation of Wounded Knee by Oglala Sioux
    -In 1973, a group of Lakota Indians spoke up about Native American repression.
    -The Lakota nation asked AIM for extra support
    -The Oglala Lakotas occupied a village that used to be their reservation, wanting to gain back their lands and end racism.
    -The occupation lasted 71 days and involved 200 people fighting federal forces.

  • AIM

    AIM
    AIM Founded in 1968 by Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt, Eddie Benton Banai, and George Mitchell

  • Cobell v. Salazar and the Claims resolution act

    -President Obama signed it
    -$ Going to Native Americans.
    -3 specific funds:
    1. The Trust Administration Adjustment Fund
    2. The Trust Land Consolidation Fund
    3. The Indian Education Scholarship Holding Fund
    -Exclusions