AMERICAN INDIANS/ALASKAN NATIVES

THE DAWES ACT

• Approved on February 8, 1887.
• Treatment of Indians as individuals rather than members of tribes.
• The law allowed breaking up reservations into small allotments.
• The purpose of the Dawes Act is to protect Indian property rights.

CITIZENSHIP ACT

• Approved June 2, 1924.
• Granted citizenships to all Indians born in the US.
• After the Citizenship Act some Native Americans werent allowed to vote.

WORLD WAR II

• For the first time Amercan Indians registered for the draft.
• 44,000 natives served in the war.
• Native Americans changed the war.
• Was a contribution of it's very own "first citizens."

INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT (IRA)

• Started June 28, 1934
• Encouraged a renewed respect for native american culture.
• Conserved Indian land and resources.
• Have they right to form business and organizations.

AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT (AIM)

• Began in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1968.
• Indians protested and gained media attention.
• An organization to encourage self-determination.
• Its main purpose was to help the Indians that lived in reservations.

WOUNDED KNEE INCIDENT

• February 27, 1973
• About 200 Oglala Lokota settled in the town of Wounded Knee.
• When the AIM got violent the wounded knee incident occured
• Indians Vs. Government
• 2 were killed and 13 were wounded.

EVIDENCE OF LAW CHANGE

• 1924 indian citizenship act
• 1934 indian reorganization act
• 1975 indian education system act
• 1980 autonomy act

FACTS & STATISTICS

• Native American have the highest proverty rate which is 25%.
• Unemployment rate is 69% on the Blackfoot Reservation.
• Median income on household is $33,627
• 39% graduate compared to 60% of white students.
• Natives were called redskins

CONNECTION TO NEBRASKA COMMUNITIES

• Laws are similar such as family laws.
• Universities are dedicated to teaching about the Natives.
• 8 tribes in NE

CONNECTION

• In the book To Kill a Mockingbird it talks about
• his background and Jem mentions then "Creek war"
• which is where General Jackson drove the Indians up the creek
• and Simon Finch wouldnt have paddled up the river to Alabama.

MOVEMENT

• We believe Native Americans have made growth since the
• civil rights movement because their are nearly half a million
• Indians in the United States. They're now laws to protect them
• and they have rights.

CITATIONS

• "NebraskaStudies.Org." NebraskaStudies.Org. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 May 2014.
• "Native American Rights - Boundless Open Textbook." Boundless. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2014.