2 Sept 1969 Jahr - Native Americans

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Unemployment was double the national average
Life expectancy was 20 years less
Suicide rate was 100 times higher

AIM – American Indian Movement: Promoted Red Power

1969 – Leaders of AIM occupied Alcatraz Island by “right of discovery”

1972 – Sit-In at the Bureau of Indian Affairs brought national attention

Legal challenges – Native groups, armed with old treaties take the fight to the courts

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