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  1. 1966
    Alaska Federation of Natives established to speak with one voice
    A statewide conference of more than 400 Alaska Natives, representing several regional associations, ...
  2. 1965
    Community Health Representative program inspires similar programs
    At the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, the Oglala Lakota establish the first community health ...
  3. 1964
    Police brutalize tribal fishermen in Washington State
    Local police brutalize tribal fishermen on the Puyallup River at Frank’s Landing, near Tacoma, Washington. ...
  4. 1961
    Alaska Native organizations unify; call for federal recognition of rights
    Three regional Alaska Native organizations—the Alaska Native Brotherhood, the Dena Nena Henash, and ...
  5. 1959
    Washington State challenges tribal treaty fishing rights
    Washington State authorities forcefully evict Puyallup, Nisqually, and other tribal subsistence fishermen ...
  6. 1953
    Congress seeks to abolish tribes, relocate American Indians
    Congress passes a resolution beginning a federal policy of termination, through which American Indian ...
  7. 1945
    Alaska’s territorial legislature adopts anti-discrimination law
    Elizabeth Peratrovich, president of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, testifies before the Alaska Territorial ...
  8. 1944
    Alberta Schenck sits in ‘Whites Only’ theater section
    At a time when Alaska businesses routinely post signs reading, “No dogs, no Indians,” Alberta Schenck, ...
  9. 1944
    National Congress of American Indians established
    The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is founded. A generation educated in off-reservation ...
  10. 1941
    Hawai‘i under martial law; U.S. military takes sacred lands
    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor at Honolulu, Hawai‘i. The United States declares war on Japan and enters World ...
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