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The US government's Indian termination policy and Indian Relocation Act of 1956 encouraged and incentivized Native Americans to relocate to urban centers, [2] and by 1969 Chicago was one of seven American cities with more than 10,000 Native American citizens. [3] In 1953, Native American leaders established the American Indian Center (AIC) of ...
By 1969 Chicago was one of seven American cities with more than 10,000 Native American citizens. [3] In 1953, the Native American population founded the American Indian Center (AIC) of Chicago to provide social services and opportunities, youth and senior programs, and cultural and educational programs for the growing native population. [4]
The 1833 Treaty of Chicago was an agreement between the United States government and the Chippewa, Odawa, and Potawatomi tribes. It required them to cede to the United States government their 5,000,000 acres (2,000,000 ha) of land (including reservations) in Illinois, the Wisconsin Territory, and the Michigan Territory and to move west of the Mississippi River.
This group included NAES, the American Indian Association of Illinois, Northwestern University Library, and Northwestern University's Center for Native American and Indigenous Research. [19] NAES and the American Indian Association of Illinois share space today within Ebenezer Luthern Church, 1650 W. Foster, Chicago, IL.
Photographer Edward S. Curtis spent 30 years documenting over 80 Native American tribes in the early 1900s. 16 rare, historical photos of Native American life that you've probably never seen Skip ...
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist pwɛ̃ dy sɑbl]; also spelled Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable, or Pointe du Sable; [n 1] before 1750 [n 2] – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent non-Native settler of what would later become Chicago, Illinois, and is recognized as the city's founder. [7]
The Anhaica historical marker is the third of 10 the historical society is installing over the next year. The Apalachee province was a region that stretched over the Florida Panhandle, and Anhaica ...
The American Indian Chicago Conference (AICC) was an influential, week-long conclave of 460 American Indians from 90 tribes from June 13 to June 20, 1961.