📅 2 November 1972
Indigenous caravans arrived in Washington with a Twenty-Point programme seeking treaty enforcement, land restitution and changes to federal Indian policy. Frustrated meetings and inadequate...
📅 27 February 1973
Oglala Lakota activists and American Indian Movement supporters began occupying Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation. They challenged local abuses and demanded that the federal government honour...
📅 11 February 1978
Indigenous activists gathered on Alcatraz for the ceremony beginning the Longest Walk to Washington. The spiritual and political mobilization opposed proposed federal legislation threatening treaties,...
📅 15 July 1978
Indigenous marchers reached Washington after crossing the country to oppose legislation threatening treaty and resource rights. Supporters joined them for demonstrations, ceremonies and public...
