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  1. 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 ...
  2. 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 ...
  3. 1980
    Maine Indians settle land claims against U.S.
    President Jimmy Carter signs the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act. Maine tribes, including the Passamaquoddy, ...
  4. 1996
    Court recognizes land rights of Venetie Tribe of Neetsaii’ Gwich’in Indians
    The Village of Venetie, which is accessible only by air, levies a tax on users to maintain its rudimentary ...
  5. 1996
    Suit claims longstanding U.S. mismanagement of Indian land leases
    A class action lawsuit filed by 300,000 American Indians claims that the United States has mismanaged ...
  6. 2003
    Dr. Noa Emmett Aluli appointed to Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission
    Hawai‘i’s legislature appoints Dr. Noa Emmett Aluli to the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission. The ...
  7. 2008
    Supreme Court slashes Exxon Valdez oil spill damages
    The U.S. Supreme Court cuts the damages that Exxon is required to pay for the Exxon Valdez oil spill, ...