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who: Ute Indians

where: Northern Utah

what: The federal government is going to be giving the Ute Indians their land back (exactly 84,000 acres of their land back).

when: January 14, 2000 (by birthday)

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who: Timbisha Shoshone Indians

where: Death Valley

what: The Timbisha Shoshone Indians were granted 7,600 acres around Death Valley and 314 acres of the national park.

when: December, 2000

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who: Jack Bennett Herrington

where: NASA

what: Jack Bennett Herrington becomes the first Native American person to go into space.

when: 2002

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who: American Indians

where: N/A

what: the national collegiate athletic association bans the use of "hostile and abusive" american Indian mascots in postseason tournaments.

when: 2005

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who: Coquille Indian Tribe

where: Southern Oregon

what: The Coquille Indian Tribe adopted marriage equality policies, the first tribal nation to do so openly in the United States.

when: 2008

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who: President Obama

where: N/A

what: President Obama signs Native American Apology Resolution.

when: 2009

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who: Federal Government and Indians

where: N/A

what: The Federal government agrees to $3.4 billion settlement with Indians who say they were swindled out of royalties overseen by the Department of the Interior.

when: since 1887

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who: President Obama and Native Americans

where: Arizona, New Mexico, and Montana

what: President Obama signed legislation to pay American Indians $4.6 billion for government mistreatment over many decades. The legislation settled in Arizona, New Mexico, and Montana.

when: December 8, 2010

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who: Native Americans and Alaska Natives

where: Michigan

what: There are 5.2 million Native Americans and Alaska Natives recorded in the 2010 census. Michigan is one of the 10 states with the highest recorded Native American populations.

when: 2010

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who: Native Americans

where: N/A

what: The hearth Act allows tribal governments to approve the leasing of tribal lands.

when: 2012