“Indian
Power” <- a movement to parallel the
“Black Power” movement of Afro-Americans.
(AIM) the American Indian
Movement rights group staged a protest march in Washington D.C. in 1972 called the “Trail of Broken Treaties”.
Wounded Knee <-
AIM occupied this small village for 71 days in order get land back that was
taken in violation of past treaties.
Books <- “Bury My Heart At
Wounded Knee” by Dee Brown and “Custer Died for Your Sins” by Vine DeLoria,
have helped bring the Indian cause to public attention.
Rights groups <
- The National Tribal Chairman’s Associiation, the National Congress of American
Indians and the National
Indian
Youth Council oversee Indian rights in Washington D.C.
Rights in court <-
the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy of
Maine sued the government for the return of 12.5 million acres of
land
but instead settled for $81.5 million in 1980 and invested the money in
businesses own by Indians. The
Sioux
in South Dakota also sued the government for the return of land
called the Black Hills. They were
awarded
$122.5 million but a lot have not accepted it because they continue to fight
for sacred land.
Response < - to white society is better
than to be victimized; for example the Crow and Blackfoot reservations in Montana
established and managed a profitable complex of industrial and service-oriented
enterprises.
Lag far behind <-1988, the unemployment rate is 64%,
27% live below poverty line (earn less than government rating). Diabetes,
pneumonia, influenza and alcoholism claim twice as many Indian lives then
Americans yearly. The lack of education and job skills, Indians that move into
the city end up in poverty and live in
slums.
Life
on Reservation <- On the Navajo
reservation (16 million acres) is the nation’s largest but also the poorest;
homes lack
electricity and plumbing and
the unemployment rate is 48%. But the Mescalero Apache reservation (460,384
acres) in New Mexico is one
of the nation’s wealthiest. The tribe owns and operates a logging company and a
cattle ranch, both are
multi-million dollar businesses. They also built a $22 million dollar luxury
resort for
vacationers.
370 Treaties < - were signed with the United States thhat in return the government would protect their remaining lands and
resources. Since 1824, The Bureau of Indian Affairs has been responsible for Indian lands, resources and
programs.
Tribal
Councils < - govern in most
reservations today. They have their own police forces, schools and courts.
Reservation
Resources <- the Apache attract
businesses to their reservations and plan to use their land resources for extra
income. The Navajo possess
oil, coal and uranium reserves. Other reservations are rich in timber, gas and
water.
Best
of Both Worlds <- Today’s
generation have come along way and are improving their life styles and culture,
with better
and higher education and are
trying to regain what they have lost.
TEST ON NOV.30TH = 1ST Class Chapters 7 &
8; 2nd Class Chapter 9 &
10