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  1. 1968
    President Johnson signs the Indian Civil Rights Act
    President Lyndon Johnson calls for “termination” to be replaced by Indian “self-determination.” Congress ...
  2. 1970
    Termination era ends; self-determination proposed
    In a Special Message to Congress on Indian Affairs, President Richard Nixon denounces the Eisenhower- ...
  3. 1972
    Indian health advocates established
    With help from the Indian Health Service, Indian nations form the National Indian Health Board. Congress ...
  4. 1974
    Grant made for needs assessment of Hawaiian community
    ALU LIKE, Inc., receives a grant to conduct the first needs assessment for the Hawaiian community. ... Federal- ...
  5. 1975
    Indian self-determination becomes the law of the land
    President Richard Nixon’s administration advances a sweeping federal policy of self-determination, repudiating ...
  6. 1976
    Dr. Noa Emmett Aluli among Hawai‘i’s ‘Kaho‘olawe Nine’
    Dr. Noa Emmett Aluli is one of four Native Hawaiian doctors who graduated in the first class of the ...
  7. 1983
    U.S. denies responsibility for overthrow of Hawaiian monarchy
    The U.S. government, under pressure from Native Hawaiian activists, denies responsibility for the 1893 ...
  8. 1988
    Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act passes
    Congress passes the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act. The law establishes Papa Ola Lokahi, ...
  9. 1989
    Congress calls for national museum to celebrate American Indians
    Congress creates the National Museum of the American Indian in the Smithsonian Institution. W. Richard ...
  10. 1990
    Congress acts to promote, preserve Native languages
    The U.S. Congress, which once tried to suppress and eradicate American Indian languages, reverses course ...
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