native americans and mexican americans

national congress of american indians in1944

organization of 50 tribes/associations that worked to protect treaty rights, maintain native american traditions, and push for self-determination and self-government

1953 termination policy

govt terminated all benefits and services to reservations, withdrew responsibility and limited sovereignty. resulted from the fed. govts decision to remove native americans from reservations and assimilate them

1960 the bracero program

an organized labor program that invited mexican agricultural workers to replaceu us farmworkers who were serving in wwii

1954 operation wetback

response to economic depression/large labor pool, operation to deport undocumented workers which mistreated many mexicans and indiscriminately deeported us citizens

the longoria incident

felix ___ was killed in the philippines in wwii as a mexican american war hero. when his family tried to hold a wake in texas, the owner claimed that white people wouldn’t like it and refused

the league of united latin american citizens

organization of mexican americans to address discrimination. even today provides scholarships/support to the latino community

1947 the unity league

campaigned against blatant acts of discrimination in housing, cemeteries, theaters, schools, and public administration