Indian Self-Determination and Self-Governance Era 1968-present
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1968
American Indian Movement (AIM) is founded in Minneapolis
AIM activism initially starts as a group of Native urban women leaders fighting against police...Read More
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1968
Mohawk of Akwesasne Reserve block international bridge between Canada and the U.S
The Mohawk launch a protest to draw attention to the U.S. violation of the Jay...Read More
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1971
Hopi religious leaders sue to stop strip mining
More than 62 Hopi spiritual leaders sue to stop strip mining on the Hopi reservation,...Read More
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1971
Five Tribes of Oklahoma win the right to elect their own chiefs
For the first time since 1902, the Five “Civilized” Tribes win the right to elect...Read More
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1972
AIM Trail of Broken Treaties caravan occupies BIA office
AIM members travel to Washington, D.C. to highlight the trail of broken treaties. They occupy...Read More
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1973
AIM and occupation of Wounded Knee
Over 200 AIM protestors congregate at the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre site to provide support...Read More
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1996
Dine’ traditional activists win suit against multinational energy company and owner of Peabody Coal Company
The Dine’ Alliance, a group of 500 Dine’ traditionalists from Black Mesa, petitions the government...Read More
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1996
$2.4 billion in tribal trust funds missing
The Native American Rights Fund files a class action lawsuit against the Secretary of the...Read More
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2005
Natives try to cancel Washington Redskins trademark
In Pro-Football, Inc. v. Harjo, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...Read More
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2012
Idle No More is established
Idle No More is founded by four women: three First Nations women and one non-Native...Read More
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2016
Missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) epidemic and No More Stolen Sisters Movements
The Canadian government responds to mass protests and repeated calls for a national inquiry into...Read More
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2016-17
DAPL pipeline protests
“The Dakota Access Pipeline protests, also known by the hashtag #NoDAPL, are grassroots movements that...Read More
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2017
Indigenous Women Rise: Women's March on Washington
On January 21, 2017 protesters engaged in the largest single-day protest in the history of...Read More
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2018
Bde Maka Ska lake name restored
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources restores the original name of lake Bde Maka Ska...Read More
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2018
First Native American Women Elected to Congress
In November of 2018, Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland were elected into Congress. These victories...Read More
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2019
Joy Harjo is Named First Native American U.S. Poet Laureate
Joy Harjo, an Oklahoma-born writer and member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, is named the...Read More
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2019
The First Exhibition for Native American Female Artists
The Minneapolis Institute of Art was the first museum to ever dedicate a show to...Read More
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2019
Save Mauna Kea movement
On July 10, 2019, Hawai'i Governor David Ige announced that construction of the Thirty Meter...Read More
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2020
Washington, D.C. Football Team Changes its Name
Over the last few decades, the Washington R*dsk*ns and owner Daniel Snyder have received ongoing...Read More
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2020
Rep. Deb Haaland to serve as the first Native American Cabinet secretary and head the Interior Department
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), a tribal citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna, who represented New...Read More
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2020
Voting Rights Victory for Native Communites in North Dakota
On February 13, 2020 it was announced that North Dakota officials reached an agreement with...Read More
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2020
Native Communities and COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic gripped the world with devastating impacts. The impact on Native communities has...Read More
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2020
Land O'Lakes Removes Native American Woman from Products
The Minnesota-based dairy company Land O’Lakes removed the illustration of a Native woman from its...Read More
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2020
U.S. Supreme Court Rules That About Half of Oklahoma is Native American Land
In McGirt v. Oklahoma, the decision, 5–4 in favor of McGirt, acknowledges that Congress has...Read More
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2020
Court Halts Dakota Access Pipeline Shutdown
In 2016, construction of Energy Transfer Partners’ Dakota Access Pipeline was approved, planning to transport...Read More
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2021
Biden restores protections for Bears Ears monument
In October, 2021 President Joe Biden announced the restoration of protection to Bears Ears National...Read More
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2021
Native people lead a week of climate protests
Throughout the year, Native peoples have continued to protest fossil fuel extraction, oil pipelines, and other actions...Read More
