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1957 Celilo Falls fishery, village destroyed by Dalles Dam Five years earlier, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers began building the Dalles Dam spanning the Columbia ... |
1968 Division of Indian Health elevated to bureau Under President Lyndon Johnson’s administration there is a major reorganization of the Department of ... |
1968 President Johnson signs the Indian Civil Rights Act President Lyndon Johnson calls for “termination” to be replaced by Indian “self-determination.” Congress ... |
1968 Government trains midwives for remote villages Congress establishes the Alaska Community Health Aide Program to train health workers for remote villages ... |
1970 Termination era ends; self-determination proposed In a Special Message to Congress on Indian Affairs, President Richard Nixon denounces the Eisenhower- ... |
1970 Military medics recruited to reservations The Indian Health Service launches the Community Health Medic Program to employ Indians who are trained ... |
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 ... |
1971 NASA brings telemedicine to Tohono O’odham NASA launches the first satellite dedicated to telemedicine. The space agency partners with the Indian ... |
1972 Indian health advocates established With help from the Indian Health Service, Indian nations form the National Indian Health Board. Congress ... |
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 ... |