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Indians of North America--Civil rights

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Roger A. Finzel American Indian Movement Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 711 BC
Abstract

This collection documents activities of the American Indian Movement (AIM), including the takeover of Wounded Knee, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota by AIM. Also documented are the circumstances underlying the takeover, the aftermath, and individual court cases associated with Wounded Knee and the American Indian Movement. Materials relevant to Native American issues such as sovereignty, land, water, resources, health and education are also included in the collection.

Dates: 1965-1995 (bulk 1973-1979)

Shirley Hill Witt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 591 BC
Scope and Content The contents of this collection reflect Dr. Witt's concerns for American Indian issues. Series I contains materials that Witt collected while working as a consultant to the Potawatomie, Ottawa, and Chipewa tribes for their cases before the Indian Claims Commission (ICC). The majority of the material in this series relates to docket numbers 18e (Ottawa and Chippewa of Michigan), 18g (Red Lake Band, Chippewa), 29 (Hannahville Potawatomi), 57 (Saginaw Chippewa), 58 (Ottawa and Chippewa of...
Dates: 1610-1991