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  1. 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 ...
  2. 1988
    Tribes open casinos; Congress steps in to regulate
    As American Indian tribes begin opening casinos, Congress passes the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, requiring ...
  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. 1978
    American Indian freedom of religion legalized
    The American Indian Religious Freedom Act legalizes traditional spirituality and ceremonies, overturning ...
  5. 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 ...
  6. 1972
    ‘Trail of Broken Treaties’ raises environmental health concerns
    American Indian leaders and activists organize a nonviolent protest to bring attention to issues affecting ...
  7. 1959
    Washington State challenges tribal treaty fishing rights
    Washington State authorities forcefully evict Puyallup, Nisqually, and other tribal subsistence fishermen ...
  8. 1953
    Congress seeks to abolish tribes, relocate American Indians
    Congress passes a resolution beginning a federal policy of termination, through which American Indian ...
  9. 1934
    Commissioner calls for religious freedom for American Indians
    Commissioner of Indian Affairs, John Collier, issues a circular on American Indian religious freedom, ...
  10. 1923
    Pioneering Apsáalooke (Crow) nurse graduates
    Susie Walking Bear Yellow graduates from the Boston City Hospital School of Nursing and returns to the ...
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