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Cherokee Indians are forced to walk to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. The president Andrew Jackson was a reason that more than 4,000 people died.
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General Custer dies in the Battle of Big Horn with the Lakota Sioux.
General George Armstrong Custer and his troops killed in a battle with the Lakota Sioux. -
Over than 300 Lakota Sioux Indians, mostly women and children died.
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Robert Latham Owen, a Cherokee Indian, becomes the first Native American to serve in the U.S. Senate.
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Sacheen Littlefeather makes a speech at the Academy Awards for Marlon Brando.
In protest of the treatment of Native Americans in the movie industry, Marlon Brando sends an Indian. Brando won the Oscar for his role in the movie "The Godfather." -
Kateri Tekakwitha, a Mohawk Indian in the 17th century, becomes the first Native American saint for the Catholic Church.