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11 Cards in this Set
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Allotment Act
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or Dawes Act-This used a "blood quantum" test to take away over 100 million acres of land from "mixed blood" Indians.
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American Indian
Religious Freedom Act |
passed by Congress in 1978
Act contains no penalties and enforcement provisions Concern with stockpiling Native American relics, including burial remains Increasingly seeking return of ancestor’s remains and artifacts Native American Church - ritualistic use of peyote and marijuana |
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Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) |
the primary maker and enforcer of treaties and all other agreements with Native Americans.
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Cherokee Nation v.
Georgia |
This supreme court ruling held that tribes are not foreign nations, but dependencies, and need not be retreated equally.
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fish-ins
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Oregon & Maine 1980's Indians protested fishing quotas and lumber company activities on sacred ground.
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Indian Citizenship Act
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This conferred U.S. citizenship on all Indians who wanted it and would renounce their claims to tribal identity
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Indian Removal Act
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1830 This forced a mass relocation of Indian nations to west of the Mississippi, the most infamous one being the "trail of Tears" which left half of the Cherokee Nation dead.
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kickouts or pushouts
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More appropriate terms experience of Native Americans with school system
Result of predominance of non-Native American teachers that do not recognize Native American learning styles |
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Major Crimes Act
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This extended U.S. law enforcement jurisdiction into Indian territories, effectively breaking all treaties that guaranteed they could have responsibility for law enforcement themselves
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American Indian
Movement (AIM) |
a Native American activist organization in the United States
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crossover effect
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when environmental risks and hazards and investments and benefits are equally distributed with a lack of discrimination
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