Civil Rights: Native Americans

  1. The creation of Indian identities
  2. Evolution of Federal Indian Policy
    1. 1887 Dawes Allotment Act/Severalty Act
    2. 1934 Indian Reorganization Act
    3. Termination
    4. Self-determination
  3. Evolution of a Pan-Indian identity
    1. Education & Indian boarding schools
      1. Carlisle (PA) Indian school
    2. Pan Indian oganizations
      1. Society of American Indians (SAI)
      2. National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
      3. National Indian Youth Conference (NIYC)
      4. American Indian Movement (AIM)
    3. "Red Power"
      1. fish-ins
      2. Alcatraz
      3. Trail of Broken Treaties
      4. Wounded Knee
      5. Leonard Peltier