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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
    Government trains midwives for remote villages
    Congress establishes the Alaska Community Health Aide Program to train health workers for remote villages ...
  4. 1970
    Termination era ends; self-determination proposed
    In a Special Message to Congress on Indian Affairs, President Richard Nixon denounces the Eisenhower- ...
  5. 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 ...
  6. 1971
    NASA brings telemedicine to Tohono O’odham
    NASA launches the first satellite dedicated to telemedicine. The space agency partners with the Indian ...
  7. 1972
    Indian health advocates established
    With help from the Indian Health Service, Indian nations form the National Indian Health Board. Congress ...
  8. 1972
    The Indian Education Act empowers parents; funds student programs
    The Indian Education Act establishes the Office of Indian Education and the National Advisory Council ...
  9. 1972
    ‘Trail of Broken Treaties’ raises environmental health concerns
    American Indian leaders and activists organize a nonviolent protest to bring attention to issues affecting ...
  10. 1975
    Lakota leader Frank Fools Crow prays for U.S. Senate
    On September 5, the Lakota healer Frank Fools Crow (b. 1890–d. 1990) becomes the first American Indian ...
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