Native Americans

• What was termination?


  Native Americans were treated as self supporting Americans, losing any special protection.
• What was the allotment process?

  The division of reservation land into homesteads.
• What were the names of the presidents who improved the position of Native America?

  Roosevelt, Nixon and Ford
• Why was John Collier important for the progress of Native Americans?

  • Defeated the Bursum Bill
  • Helped form the American Indian Defence Association
  • Appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs
• Why was the siege of Alcatraz in 1969 important?

  Increased awareness of the need for solidarity amongst Native Americans.
• Name the main 1970's Native American Protests.

  1971 - Occupation of Mount Rushmore

  1972 - AIM take over the Bureau for Indian Affairs

  1973 - The occupation of wounded knee

  1975 - Pine Ridge Reservation
• What could be the themes for a thematic essay on Native Americans?

  • Self-determination - Social 
  • Cultural 
  • Economic
  • Federal 
  • Supreme Court 
  • Pressure Groups