PPT-American Indian Movement

AIM Brief Overview Treaties Allotment Boarding Schools Termination and relocation Aim was founded in 1968 in minneapolis Edward Benton Vernon and Clyde Bellecourt were among the founders. -Suffered greatest drop in population. -Eradication of many languages and cultural customs. -Were the last group of people to earn the right to vote as citizens in the US 1925. 2000 CENSUS. 1.5% of U.S. population. Month . 2014. “. Native Pride and Spirit: Yesterday, Today and Forever”. Theme . provided by. : . Society . of American Indian Government . Employees. National American Indian . Heritage Month. 2. Indian Studies . &. Wisconsin . Act . 31. What is Wisconsin Act 31?. The 1989-1991 biennial budget bill addressed several educational needs and included provisions requiring the study of Wisconsin American Indian history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the federally-recognized tribes and bands in the state. . American Indian Movement. Background, historical context for AIM – themed films. Federal Indian Policy. 1850s – 1930s. Indians have been confined to reservations;. Are being coercively assimilated into the US through boarding schools and the Allotment Act. I. Introduction. Frederick Jackson Turner. Land pulled the people. Frontier generated qualities of Americans. Individualism, self-help and courage. Orderly movement west. W.P. Webb. Movement erratic. The cultivation of the soul . or . mind. The . full “expression” of the unique “authentic” self.. A Heritage Rich in Culture. Columbus led the way. The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the Native Americans. In the 15th to 19th centuries, their populations were ravaged, by the privations of displacement, by disease, and in many cases by warfare with European groups and enslavement by them. The first Native American group encountered by Columbus, the 250,000 Arawaks of Haiti, were enslaved. Only 500 survived by the year 1550, and the group was extinct before 1650.. Mexican-American and Native American History. Plessy. . v. . Ferguson’s impact. The “separate but equal” ruling of . Plessy. . v. . Ferguson applied to all races, not just African Americans. In Texas and the Southwest, racial segregation widely targeted Mexican-Americans. A Case Study in Civil Society Protest. CHANGING AMERICAN INDIAN POLICY. Open warfare, followed by treaty-making, beginning in 1778. Forced removal of Eastern Indians to west of the Mississippi River, the Indian Removal Act of 1830 (the “Trail of Tears”, beginning in 1831). Eric Meredith. OPI Data Analyst. 7/13/2017. Montana American Indian Student Achievement Data Report . 20,532 American Indian/Alaska Native students in Montana for 2016-2017. 14.0% of K-12 student population. Wisconsin Act 31. What is Wisconsin Act 31?. The 1989-1991 biennial budget bill addressed several educational needs and included provisions requiring the study of . American . Indian history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the . The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. The “Civil Rights Movement” we know…. Montgomery Bus Boycott-1955. Montgomery Alabama. Rosa Parks, Dr. King. Lunch Counter Sit- Ins-1960. Chapter 30: A time of Social Change. MAIN IDEA: In the 1960s women and Native Americans struggled to achieve social justice.. Chapter 30 Section 1: Women and Native Americans Fight For Change. Revival of the Women’s Movement. II. ‘Maoist/. Naxalite. uprising in India’. Harinda Vidanage PhD. Naxalites. The Maoist movement, also called the . Naxalite. movement, after . Naxalbari. . the name . of a rural town where a 1967 peasant uprising ignited this tendency . 1960 - 1980. Chapter 27. The Youth Movement. Challenged:. Political & social system. Conventional Middle Class values. Inspired by the Beats (of the 1950’s). Originated with “Baby Boomers”.