5. A move towards unity? Flashcards
Reforms of New Deal period also as a result of pressure from Americans such as
John Collier (like those of 1920s)
when did tribes join together to improve their position and rights.
Not until after WW2 and the establishment of the National Congress of American Indians
Development of NCAI may have been encouraged by events of
WW2
how did events of WW2 encourage NA to join campaigns and groups
Significant number of NA fought in the war
experienced discrimination and racism which encouraged them to join campaigns and pressure groups to end such treatment and improve their rights.
how did gov respond to pressure the NCAI exerted on it
by establishing the Indian Claims Commission-
initially appeared to be the means by with native lands would be returned
why was Indian Claims Commission a disappointment in practice
compensation rather than lands was usually given
other factors that encouraged growth of further NA pressure groups.
Governments policy of termination and growing civil rights movement in USA
National Indian Youth Council (NIYC)
established when
1961
National Indian Youth Council (NIYC)
aim?
protecting NA fishing rights in North-West
National Indian Youth Council (NIYC)
how did its role develop
took on lawsuits to protect treaty rights, voting rights and religious freedom
Clear indication of a change in NA attitudes and a willingness to unite in protest
seen most clearly in
1964 when hundreds of NA assembled in Washington for recognition as part of Johnsons ‘War on Poverty’
Despite emergence of NIYC and success in courts many young NA believed
progress in obtaining rights too slow
belief that progress in obtaining rights too slow =
more militant approach (Inspired by movements such as Black Power)
culminated in establishment of American Indian Movement in 1968
when was the American Indian Movement Established (AIM)
1968
Emergence of ‘Red power’ taken directly from
‘Black Power’
