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  1. 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, ...
  2. 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 ...
  3. 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 ...
  4. 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 ...
  5. 1980
    Maine Indians settle land claims against U.S.
    President Jimmy Carter signs the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act. Maine tribes, including the Passamaquoddy, ...
  6. 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 ...
  7. 1959
    Washington State challenges tribal treaty fishing rights
    Washington State authorities forcefully evict Puyallup, Nisqually, and other tribal subsistence fishermen ...
  8. 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 ...
  9. 1953
    Congress seeks to abolish tribes, relocate American Indians
    Congress passes a resolution beginning a federal policy of termination, through which American Indian ...
  10. 1921
    Congress sets aside land for Native Hawaiian homesteading
    In the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, the U.S. Congress recognizes Native Hawaiian fishing rights. The ...
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