Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
1945-1969 - Coggle Diagram
1945-1969
Urbanisation
-
For many, relocation was forced and traumatic
NAs received white hostility and discrimination, with no previous experiences
A small percentage of educated NAs found places amongst urban middle classes, marrying white Americans and therefore suffered less in cultural assimilation
-
In reality, most of them suffered from poverty, alcoholism and unemployment
Most of them lived in sub-standard houses that could not support the extended family units, forcing elderly family members to return to what remained of the reservations
-
Termination Policy 1953
-
-
Plans were set to end federal control of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and make NAs subject to the same laws as any American citizen
Termination ended the recognition of the existence of NA tribes and their treaty rights, recognising them as independent, self-supporting Americans
-
-
Red Power 1960s
Inspired by 'Black Power', focused on militancy power to attract media coverage
American Indian Movement (AIM) 1968 established to help NAs in gaining their rights and overall protect them
-
Relocation
-
Voluntary relocation programs were established to attract younger NAs tempted by the attractions of city life, and lure them away from reservations