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The 1961 American Indian Chicago Conference. After exchanging opinions that ranged over many aspects of Indian affairs, the conference created a Declaration of Indian Purpose, the first major, collective statement on tribal self-determination. [4] [5]
He served as the chair of a committee of Indian leaders at the 1961 American Indian Chicago Conference, and crafted an Indian policy called "Declaration of Indian purpose." The policy outlined many solutions to the problems of termination. It was a sign of change in the 1960s and 1970s when the termination era ended.
A member of the Ho-Chunk nation, LaMere moved to Chicago in 1937 and became well-respected leader in Chicago's American Indian community. [2] In the early 1950s, Kurt Dreifus of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in Chicago convened a meeting of concerned “businessmen, university professors, welfare agency officers, clergymen, etc.” as a Citizens Advisory Board to the BIA.
The American Indian Center (AIC) of Chicago is the oldest urban American Indian center in the United States. [1] It provides social services, youth and senior programs, cultural learning, and meeting opportunities for Native American peoples. For many years, it was located Uptown and is now in the Albany Park, Chicago community area. [2] [3]
He was instrumental in drafting the "Declaration of Indian Purpose" for the 1961 American Indian Chicago Conference. Continuing his academic work, McNickle moved in 1966 to what is now the University of Regina , to develop a new anthropology department.
From 13–20 June 1961, at a conference with over 800 participants [2] held in Chicago, Illinois with educators and anthropologists, and frustrated Native Americans a "Declaration of Indian Purpose: the Voice of the American Indian" – a policy created for Indians by Indians was produced.
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In 1961 a conference was held in Chicago, Illinois with educators and anthropologists, and frustrated Indians from 13–20 June which produced a “Declaration of Indian Purpose: the Voice of the American Indian” – a policy created for Indians by Indians.