https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e By: Chloe and Devin Period 1 en-us 2019-02-12 15:08:55 UTC 2019-02-14 16:10:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Tent.png 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330371838 Banks was involved in early protests like the one at Alcatraz in 1972. Later on in 1974, he was remembered for his occupation of Wounded Knee, a confrontation between hundreds of Indians and Law Enforcement officers. He was charged with conspiracy, assault, and theft, but the charges were later dismissed. ]]> 2019-02-12 15:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330371838 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330372415 Indian tribes such as the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek were forced to leave their lives behind in Georgia and travel to modern day Oklahoma. They had to give up all of their land east of the Mississippi river under the Indian removal policy. The President sent troops to do it faster. They were contained in concentration camps and forced to travel in extreme conditions. As a result, 4,000 Cherokees died.]]> 2019-02-12 15:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330372415 99031724 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330372567 Founded by Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt, and Russel Means, the American Indian Movement is a civil rights organization intended to help Indians who had been displaced by the government. However, it evolved into an organization that assisted in many demands of American Indians. The organization was highly involved in publicized protests in the 70's. ]]> 2019-02-12 15:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330372567 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330373154 This law is the biggest event in Native American civil rights history because it gave Indians the basic human rights they deserved. Some of those rights include the freedom of speech, the right to an attorney, the right to a speedy and just trial, freedom of the press, and many more. This new protection of freedom was the Native American's Bill of Rights.]]> 2019-02-12 15:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330373154 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330373293 One of the reasons it was created was to protect Native Americans from losing their land to the government. Hawaii, Alaska, and Oklahoma were exceptions to this law until two years later. This law was also passed because it was the first step the Native Americans took towards having more power to self govern themselves. ]]> 2019-02-12 15:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330373293 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330387877 This painting depicts the Trail of tears where Native Americans were ripped of their civil rights and where forced to travel on foot by US troops to Oklahoma. They had to travel in unbearable conditions and thousands of them died of sickness and starvation. ]]> 2019-02-12 15:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330387877 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330636609 Before the Indian Citizen Act was passed, Native Americans who were born in the U.S. weren't considered citizens. They weren't even allowed to vote. States took a while to fully adjust and allow them all to vote, but finally caved in 1948.]]> 2019-02-13 01:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330636609 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330660859 On June 2nd of 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act. By doing this, he granted this huge step for Native Americans. He gave citizenship to all Native Americans in the U.S.]]> 2019-02-13 03:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330660859 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330663089 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed this because he was trying to solve the harassment on tribal lands. This law was the entire goal of the Native American civil rights movement and it took longer than it should have, but in the end they did it.]]> 2019-02-13 04:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330663089 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330665734 This law was made because Native American wanted more control over themselves. It was significant to them because it gave them more strength to be independent, but still have rights.]]> 2019-02-13 04:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/330665734 99031724 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331074318 After his charges were dismissed, he joined the U.S. Air Force and was sent to Japan. He was later court-martialed for being AWOL and returned to the United States, where he lived the rest of his life until he died in 2017]]> 2019-02-13 22:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331074318 99031724 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331091230 Its publicized protests in the 1970's somewhat created a bad image for the organization. There were well-publicized and controversial incidents of law-breaking during this time which harmed their reputation. ]]> 2019-02-13 23:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331091230 99031724 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331097541 Means was an activist and one of the co-founders to AIM. He participated in many of the significant events involved with AIM, including the rally on Alcatraz. Where he gained the most recognition was after leading an armed takeover of the small town on a sacred Indian ground called the Wounded Knee.]]> 2019-02-14 00:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331097541 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331099322 Hundreds of Native Americans marched for five months in protest of the bills that were introduced in Congress that if passed would have taken away American Indian rights. This march was more than a protest to the Native Americans. It was a chance to reflect on themselves and take responsibility for building a foundation for generations to come.]]> 2019-02-14 00:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331099322 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331101824 This walk started in San Fransisco and ended in Washington D.C. This march was very spiritual and significant to the people and prayers were often said along the way.]]> 2019-02-14 00:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331101824 99031724 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331102801 After his involvement with civil protests like the Wounded Knee, Means became involved in politics. He briefly left AIM to run for presidency of a tribe but rejoined shortly after losing.]]> 2019-02-14 00:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331102801 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331111476  The goal was to give back civil liberties to Native Americans. Some rights being freedom to worship through ceremonial rites and the use of objects that were considered sacred. They wanted the government to stop getting in the way of their free exercise of their religion.]]> 2019-02-14 01:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331111476 99031724 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331111602 Dedicated to improving the lives of his people, Bellecourt was involved in the founding of AIM. Some members of AIM questioned his leadership and eventually him and his brother were banned for alleged crimes. It was at this point that the American Indian Movement was split into two groups. Although this was happening, he continued to work on improving his fellow Indian's lives by attempting to change education strategies in the local areas. ]]> 2019-02-14 01:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331111602 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331115693 They belived that the governmet getting involved and interfering that it violated their rights. Specifically the first amendment, which states that they have the right to have their own religion and practice it.]]> 2019-02-14 01:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331115693 99031724 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331117556 In 2001, he called for changes in the Minneapolis school system because of the low percentage rates of American Indian Students that were graduating. Currently at 82 years old, Bellecourt is the director of the Peacemaker Center for Indian Youth, chairman of the Heart of the Earth Center, and organizer of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media. ]]> 2019-02-14 01:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331117556 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331118436 This law was made because there was a very high rate of forced removal of Native American children from their homes. As many as twenty five percent of Indian children were having to deal with being removed from their childhood home and put in a non-Indian home. Native Americans were worried that if this kept happeing, then soon enough there would be no one left for the next generation of Indians.]]> 2019-02-14 01:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331118436 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331127057 Non-Indian children didn't do the same things as Native American children because their cultures were so dramatically different. By taking children out of Native American homes and putting them in non-Indian homes, it damaged their emotions.]]> 2019-02-14 02:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331127057 99013700 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331127301 1.)  What was the biggest event in the American Indian Movement?

2.) What was the main goal of the Indian Reorganization Act?]]> 2019-02-14 02:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331127301 99031724 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331132099 Brothers of Clyde Bellecourt, Vernon was a well known leader in the American Indian Movement. He was the co-founder of the section of AIM in Denver Colorado and worked to ensure civil rights for American Indians. Bellecourt also acted as the AIM spokesperson during the 71 day standoff at Wounded Knee. ]]> 2019-02-14 03:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331132099 99031724 https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331134612 After wounded knee, he worked with the International Indian Treaty Council, an organization that advocates indigenous rights for Indians across the world. After a trip to Venezuela for international work with AIM, he fell ill with pneumonia and died at the age of 75 in Minnesota. ]]> 2019-02-14 03:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/99013700/2ll4u14vy99e/wish/331134612