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  1. 2004
    Urban Indian teens at risk of addiction
    The Seattle-based Urban Indian Health Institute reports that urban Indian youth are at greater risk ...
  2. 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 ...
  3. 1978
    ‘Longest Walk’ draws attention to American Indian concerns
    Several hundred American Indian activists and supporters march for five months from San Francisco to ...
  4. 1966
    Alaska Federation of Natives established to speak with one voice
    A statewide conference of more than 400 Alaska Natives, representing several regional associations, ...
  5. 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 ...
  6. 1959
    Washington State challenges tribal treaty fishing rights
    Washington State authorities forcefully evict Puyallup, Nisqually, and other tribal subsistence fishermen ...
  7. 1958
    Alaska Native land claims complicate Alaska statehood
    Alaska becomes the 49th state in the United States. With statehood comes a federal mandate to specify ...
  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. 1952
    Cold War brings construction jobs to Alaska Natives
    The military starts construction of the Distant Early Warning System across the Arctic. Many Alaska ...
  10. 1942
    Alaska Highway constuction disrupts extended families
    Facing the loss of traditional ways and limited employment opportunities, many Alaska Natives relocate ...
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