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Introduction: 500 YEARS OF INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE
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Definition of
“Indigenous” and “Peoples”
UN Declaration on
the rights of Indigenous Peoples
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State of the Indigenous Peoples of America
Self determination, cultural independency, freedom,
equality, education
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American Indian Movement: An Introduction
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HIS: Indian Health
Service
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Charles Vizenor’s “Survivance”
Historic
Resistance: Pontiac and Tecumseh
Historic
Resistance: Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse
Historic
Resistance: Geronimo, Chief Joseph, Quanah Parker
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Formation of AIM, the American Indian Movement, in
Minneapolis, 1968
The occupation of
Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, 1969
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Black Mesa, New Mexico and Big Mountain—Navajo and Hopi
struggles against strip mining and pollution, in defense of their sacred
mountain, 1969
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Puyallup and Tulalip Indians, Washington, fishing struggles
(”fish-ins”), 1970
Pit River fishing
rights struggles (“fish-ins”), California, confrontation with US Marshals,
Forest Services, PG & E, 1971.
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AIM protest & disruption against re-enactment of
Mayflower landing at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, 1970 - Occupation of Mount
Rushmore, 1971
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AIM and other native groups organize the Trail of Broken
Treaties, a caravan from the west coast to Washington, DC. 1972
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Occupation of Wounded Knee, 1973,
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Incident at Oglala, on the Pine Ridge reservation, 1975
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The Mohawk occupation
of Ganienkeh in state of New York begins, 1974
Founding of the
International Indian Treaty Council, South Dakota, 1974
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Protests against the 500-year anniversary of Columbus’
invasion of the Americas, 1992
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The legacy of the American Indian Movement
The new AIM
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Indian Nations today
How Indigenous peoples deal with
the effects of colonization.
Education, land claims,
sovereignty, and socio-economic issues.
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The Indian Allotment Act,
Reorganization Act, Termination Policy,
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Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Act, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act,
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Indian Child Welfare Act.