jan 3, 1970 - Native American Rights Fund (NARF) set up
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Established in 1970 to defend the rights of Native Americans. Trained legal specialists with an interest in Native American issues and was responsible for most of the cases that went before the Supreme Court.
Raised a number of issues including:
- reinstating tribes that had been terminated
- restoring tribal sovereignity
- restoring lost tribal lands
- restoring hunting and fishing rights
- having the right to vote
- having the right to worship freely
- performing a proper burial of ancestral remains
It was a combination of the pressure from NARF and the willingness of the Supreme Court to uphold these rights (in the period from the 1960s the Supreme Court attitude toward Native Americans shifted) that resulted in considerable progress for Native Americans.
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Native Americans and Civil Rights
1865 - 1992
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