The American Indian Movement
  • Declaration of Indian Purpose
  • Indian Termination Policy
  • Creation of the American Indian Movement
  • Wounded Knee
  • Declaration of Indian Purpose
  • Problems that American Indians Faced
  • Occupation of Alcatraz
  • Strategies of the American Indian Movement
  • Successes and Failures
  • Takeover of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington D.C.
  • Laws passed to help American Indians

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- The Declaration of Indian Purpose is a book concerning the founding of the National Congress of American Indians in 1944.
- 64 Indian tribes met in Chicago to emphasize "the right to choose their own way of life" and "the responsibility of preserving their precious heritage." 
- The Declaration of Indian Purpose refers to the social movements, legislation, and beliefs by which tribes in the United States exercise self-governance and decision making on issues that affect their own people. 


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