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Date Posted: 15:42:01 04/03/03 Thu
Author: cassie
Subject: My chapter 32 sections

The Indian Civil Rights MOvement
A.67 tribes gathered in Chicago
1.to talk about efforts to redress common wrongs
2.Issued Declaration of Indian Purpose
a."right to choose oour own way of life"
B.Indians in Popular Cultural
1.books written by indians
a.showing wrongs inflicted by whites in past generations
2.by 1970s no weastern movies/t.v. protrayed them as brutal people
3.Indian activists
a.had some white institutions abandon the name "Indians" for mascots names
c.AIM(AMerican Indian Movement)
1.a group of young militant Indians
2.helped pass Indian Civil Rights Act
a.guaranteed Indaian reservations many of the protections accored citizens by the Bill of Rights
b.recognized the legitimacy of tribal laws w/ in reservations
3.leaders of AIM not satisfied w/ tribal laws
D.Indian Actions
1.claimed rights to Columbia River
a.gov. rejected thier cliam
2.protest on Alctraz Island
a.claiming the site "by right of discovery"
E.Growing Pressure
1.Nixon puy a Mohawk-Sioux position of commissioner of Indian Affairs
F.Nixion's Promises
1.increased tribal self-determination & federal aid
G. Occupation of Wounded Knee
1.members of AIM siezed the town of Wounded Knee for 2 months
2.demanded changes in administration of the reservations
3.gov. honor long forgotten treaty obligations
4.federal soldiers came in
H.Court Cases
1u.s. v. wheeler
a.tribes had independent legal standing & could not be terminated by Congress
2.county of Oneida v. Oneida Indians Nation
a.supported Indian claims to 100,000 acres in upstate New York
I.Important Legal Victories
1.movements established as a district community within u.s.

The Rebirth
A.Feminism Movement
1.was revived again
B.THe Feminine Mystique
1.a book by Betty Fridan
a.1st event of contemporary womens liberation
2.responsible for"buryijng millions of women alive"
3.help give a voice to a movement that was already stirring
C.Commision on the Status of Women
1.set up by JFK to shut us up
2.attention to swexual discrimination
3.help win Equal Pay Act
D.Images of Women
1.reality of women roles
2.feminie Mystque/the ideal of women living happily,fulfilled lives in purely domestic roles
3.women finding domestic lives frustrating
E.NOW foounded
1.NAtional Organization for women
2.largest & inflluential feminist organization
3.they took inspirations from the blacks struggles
F.NOW Demands
1.greater educational opportunities
2.denouncing the domestic idea and concept of marriage
3.denouncing exclusion of women in workplace,politics,& other areas of proper role

Enviromental Degradation
A.Enviromental movement'
1.Lady Bird Johnson gaVE public awarnesn to enviroment
B.Water Pollution
1.problem in some areas of the country
2.became widespread
a.unpleasent sight and odor and health risks
3.oil spills
C.Air Pollution
1.becoming unhealthy
2.toxic fumes poisioining the atmosphere
3.smog/combination of smoke and fog
4.acid rain/destruction of rain forest
a.deletion of ozone layer
b.global warming

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