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23.1 Am.s and Nat. Ams Seek Equality

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, several movements emerged to address the inequalities and injustices faced by Native Americans and Mexican Americans in the United States. The American Indian Movement (

23.1 Am.s and Nat. Ams Seek Equality

Am.s and Nat. Ams Seek Equality 23.1

Indian Edu. Act (1972)Indian Self-Determination and Edu Assistance Act (1975)

gave tribes greater control over own affairs and edu. of children

Trail of Broken Treaties

pushed for end of Bureau of Ind. Affairs (BIA)
pushed for restoration of 110 mill acres of land to Nat. Am
protested US Gov'ts treaty's violations
1825"Permanent Indian Country//Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851//Treaty of 1868
1972 march on Wash. DC l
led by AIM leader Russel Means

Am. Indian Movement

begun in Minneapolis as self-defense group against police brutality
branched out to N and W Nat. Am. pop.
1968 frequently militant org. to work for Nat. Am rights

Declarations of Ind. Purpose

stressed Nat. Am determination to choose their way of life
1961, 67 rep from Nat Am groups met in Chicago

Nat. Ams

death rate twice as high & life span shorter
more likely to have tuberculosis & alcoholism
due to poor living conditions & foreign disease

Mex. Am. Pol. Assoc.(MAPA)

1962, helped elect LA pol. Edward Roybal to House of Rep.
Henry Gonzalez- 1st
2nd Mex. Am to serve in Conress
lobbied for legislation that benefited the Lat. community
Sponsored: candidates, registered and edu. voters

Reies Tijerina

helped reclaim US land taken from Mex. landholders in 19th century
founded Alianza Fed. de Mercedes (Fed. Alliance of Land Grants)

La Rada Unida

won positions on school boards, city councils, & several races for mayor
ran Lat. candidates in 5 states
Latino pol. org. founded 1970 by Jose Angel Gutierrez

"Brown Power"

Chicanos- Mex. pride
E.LA -organized student walkouts in high schools

programs to reduce Latino dropout rate

more Chicano teachers and admin.

smaller classes

demanded:

Brown Berets- group formed by David Sanchez
inspired by Mex. CA farm workers

Cesar Chavez

Mex. union leader
La Causa
Chavez's strategy: cause of social and econ. justice for farm workers
inspired by Jessie Lopez de la Cruz's speech
1962, with Dolores Huerta, estab. Nat. Farmer's Assoc.
made 1966 to seek higher wages and better working conditions for Mex. Am farmers in CA
United Farm Worker's Organizing Committee (UFNWC)
later merged NFA w/Filipino union to form:
believed in uniting farm workers to bargain for improved conditions and better treatment