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Roots The Native Americans had to start fighting for their rights as soon as the Europeans started settling in America. Even though the Native American's had been living there first the European settlers started taking over their land, calling them savages and pushing them aside, like they had no rights. The settlers started settling on land that the Native Americans had already been living on for years. Even though Native Americans were the first to live in America, they quickly became a minority as Europeans began to settle in America Many Native American's and Europeans died when violent battles broke out over land. Religion was suppressed by the English, Spanish, French, and other colonial nations. Native American's could be thrown in jail or even killed for their beliefs. Many missionaries were set up to try and convert the Native Americans. This movement started out very violent but as things went on they got more peaceful and focused more on getting things done and less on violence. This movement has also gained respect. Before it was all violence but it's evolved and has many respected organizations such as the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)

Laws The Dawes Act in 1887- This act was aimed to make Native Americans civilized and adapt them to the citizen way of life The Citizens Act 1924- This act granted full U.S. citizenship to Native American's Indian Reorganization Act of 1934- Got rid of the privatization of communal holdings of American Indian tribes and returned self government to the tribes. The act also restored the management of assets (mainly their land) to Native American's and included provisions intended to create a sound economic foundation for the inhabitants of Indian reservations. 1965 Voting Rights Act- This act outlawed discriminatory voting practices, so now Native American's could vote. 1972 Indian Education Act- This act was made to meet the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students.

Society Native American's made society more tolerant. Native American's make society diverse and show a different way of living, which is what our society needed. We needed to realize that there were other cultures out there. At first people like the Native American's and African American's were not accepted and even today they still have problems with racism but as a whole they've taught us new cultures and broadened our society's horizons. At first society did not approve of this movement because they thought the Native American's were savages and were taking over their land but most of society African American's approved of what the Native American's were trying to do because they were also trying to accomplish the same things.

Future Some think that the Native American culture will eventually die out as the world becomes more modern but I personally don't think that will happen. Native American's are very passionate about their culture and I think they have a very strong future. Every year Native American's travel from all over the country to go to Powwows, where they celebrate their rich culture. Things like that and NCAI will never let the Native American culture die. Today there are over 550 government recognized tribes in the United States. These tribes can form their own governments, enforce laws (both civil and criminal) within their lands, tax, establish requirements for membership, license and regulate activities, zone and to exclude persons from tribal territories These tribes live on one of the 300 Native American reservations in the United States. It used to be thought that there were no "real world" problems on the reservations but that's not true. A big problem Native American reservations have today is alcoholism. Alcohol has even been completely banned on some reservations. Another conflict today is when schools try to use Native American symbols as mascots. Native Americans argue that it can distort the history and culture of Native Americans. The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) is one of the biggest organizations working for Native American's today.

People There were many people in favor of change in America. Multiple Native American tribes came together and unified to stand up for the rights they deserved. There were a few leaders and chiefs that took the most control and created the American Indian Movement. This organization became the most powerful during the fight for Native American rights. Along with the people who supported the social movement, there were quite a few, including ogvernemnt officials, that did not agree with it. Many people opposed the movement and caused turmoil between the different groups.

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