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The American Indian Religious Freedom Act, Public Law No. 95–341, 92 Stat. 469 (Aug. 11, 1978) (commonly abbreviated to AIRFA), codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1996, is a United States federal law, enacted by joint resolution of the Congress in 1978.
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, (43 Stat. 253, enacted June 2, 1924) was an Act of the United States Congress that declared Indigenous persons born within the United States are US citizens. Although the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that any person born in the United States is a citizen, there is an exception for ...
Ed Castillo (Luiseño-Cahuilla), Native American activist who participated in the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz in 1969. Ward Churchill , American scholar, author, and political activist. Felix S. Cohen , American lawyer and scholar who made a lasting mark on legal philosophy and fundamentally shaped federal Indian law and policy.
Decisions of the Indian Claims Commission; Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA); South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, 476 U.S. 498 (1986): settled for $50,000,000 by the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993, Pub. L. No. 103-116, 107 Stat 1118 (codified at 25 U.S.C. § 941)
Native American Law Resources (University of Oklahoma) [11] American Indian Law: A Beginner's Guide from the Library of Congress [12] Native American Law Guide: Federal Indian Law and Tribal Law materials (University of California at Los Angeles) [13] Law Library of Congress' Indians of North American Guide [14] Native American civil rights
The Indian Claims Commission (ICC) was a judicial relations arbiter between the United States federal government and Native American tribes.It was established under the Indian Claims Act of 1946 by the United States Congress to hear any longstanding claims of Indian tribes against the United States. [1]
Included with the Dawes Act were "funds to instruct Native Americans in Euro-American patterns of thought and behavior through Indian Service schools." [5] With the seizure of many Native American land holdings, indigenous structures of domestic life, gender roles, and tribal identity were critically altered in order to meld with society.
As part of the Indian Termination Policy, The Indian Relocation Act of 1956, was passed. It was a federal law encouraging Native Americans, who lived on or near Indian reservations to relocate to urban areas for greater employment opportunities. [46]