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  1. 1968
    Division of Indian Health elevated to bureau
    Under President Lyndon Johnson’s administration there is a major reorganization of the Department of ...
  2. 1968
    President Johnson signs the Indian Civil Rights Act
    President Lyndon Johnson calls for “termination” to be replaced by Indian “self-determination.” Congress ...
  3. 1968
    American Indian Movement advocates for urban Indian rights
    A group of 200 Natives meet in Minneapolis to found the American Indian Movement, known as AIM. Growing ...
  4. 1968
    Government trains midwives for remote villages
    Congress establishes the Alaska Community Health Aide Program to train health workers for remote villages ...
  5. 1968
    Oil found in Prudhoe Bay; Alaska Native claims delay pipeline
    Atlantic Richfield Oil Company announces the discovery of enormous gas and petroleum reserves in Prudhoe ...
  6. 1970s
    Salmon sold for cash in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
    Commercial sale of salmon creates a cash economy in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region for the first time. ...
  7. 1970
    Termination era ends; self-determination proposed
    In a Special Message to Congress on Indian Affairs, President Richard Nixon denounces the Eisenhower- ...
  8. 1970
    Military medics recruited to reservations
    The Indian Health Service launches the Community Health Medic Program to employ Indians who are trained ...
  9. 1971
    U.S. settles Alaska Native land claims
    A century after acquiring Alaska from Russia, the U.S. moves to extinguish the claim of many hundred ...
  10. 1971
    Association of American Indian Physicians established
    To improve the health of American Indians and Alaska Natives, 14 Native physicians organize the Association ...
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