NAs 25 Marker

NA population in 1800

600,000

NA population in 1890

200,000

Example of settler corruption

Bad paper

Lone Wolf vs Hitchcock

1903 - Government given right by SC to revoke all treaties with NAs

Dawes Act

1887 - Allotment policy

When is Society of American Indians (SAI) formed:

1911

Why does SAI not succeed

Lack of mass support from NAs

How many NAs fought in WW1 and why were they useful

10,000. Code talkers

Were NAs in segregated units

No

What did NA women do in WWI

Worked as nurses and in factories

Indian Citizenship Act

1924 - Gives all NAs citizenship but many don’t care

When was AIDA formed

1923

What does AIDA block and when

Bursum and Leavitt Bills in 1926

Meriam Report

1928 - First condemnation by government over the failure of the Dawes Act

Wheeler Howard Act

1934 - Recognition of NA culture and allows NAs to manage their reservations

How many NAs leave reservations in WW2

100,000 going to work in the military and defence industry

% change in NA population in NYC and Chicago between 1930 - 1960

Increase of 400%

How much has the Indian Claims Commission payed in compensation by 1978

$818m

When is the Siege of Alcatraz

1969

What did the siege of Alcatraz do

Significant media coverage which gave more awareness to the cause