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    John Trudell (Body) (APA)

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    was born to a Mexican-Indian mother and a Sante Sioux father. Trudell was raised on the Sante Sioux Indian Reservation. He was the father of three children and husband to wife‚ Tina Trudell. (Ernano) Trudell was once the Chairman of the American Indian Movement (AIM)‚ now an active member. He also served as the spokesperson for the Indian of All Tribes occupation of Alcatraz Island from 1969 to 1971. Trudell is a Vietnam veteran.bnhhhgghjjhghghghgh Native Americans across Indian Country refer to Trudell

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    history will repeat itself and the world must be ready to face what is to come. With this in mind‚ people have to look over the history that is dark and that is rarely explained. Lakota Woman‚ a story by Mary Crow Dog is an autobiography of what an Indian woman went through during the times of discrimination and segregation of many people. Her story revolves around her life‚ her husband‚ and her traditions. Throughout

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    Leonard Peltier

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    Native American activist who has been convicted and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment in 1977. Peltier‚ a member of the American Indian movement was convicted for first degree murder in the shooting of two FBI agents during the 1975 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation conflict. In 1965‚ years before the conflict Leonard moved to Seattle Washington and became an owner of an auto body shop. While in Seattle Leonard became involved with many causes which supported Native American civil

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    Knee in 1973. In this case‚ the American Indian movement’s followers apprehended the two of South Dakota of the Wounded Knee in reaction against the policy of the federal government about the Native Americans. Ray Levoi is included in the characters that were played by Val Kilmer acting as the agent of FBI with Sioux heritage probing the death on the reservation of the Native American. Also‚ Apted had before directed documentary about activists of the native American event that is about the killing

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    Wounded Knee Restoration

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    treaty commission to make new treaties (with sovereign Native Nations). Indian leaders to address Congress. Review of treaty commitments and violations. Unratified treaties to go before the Senate. All Indians to be governed by treaty relations. Relief for Native Nations for treaty rights violations. Recognition of the right of Indians to interpret treaties. Joint Congressional Committee to be formed on reconstruction of Indian relations. Restoration of 110 million acres of land taken away from Native

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    1880 – 1947 1885 Founding of Indian National Congress (INC); moderate phase of Nationalism 1890s Dissension Movement 1893 Cow Protection Movement 1905 Partition of Bengal on 10th October; ‘swadeshi ’ (own country) movement boycotts foreign products; radical nationalism; British suppression of leaders 1906 Foundation of All India Muslim League (AML) 1907 Split in Congress at Surat session 1908 Morely-Minto Reforms – modest political reforms giving Indians slightly more representation on

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    Civil Rights Movements in Alabama Segregation was a way of life in the South at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Many people treated others terribly because the color of their skin and went on without it even fazing them‚ they all went on thinking it was okay‚ when it was not morally right. African Americans were treated horribly‚ almost as if they were not human. It was impossible to find any aspect of life unsegregated in the south. The Schools‚ restaurants‚ and even bathrooms were all

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    The Civil Right Movement was successful because it ended segregation. First‚ Ruby was born in Tylertown‚Mississippi on September 8th 1954. “Ruby Bridges” was the first African American girl being escorted by United States to attend an all American white school. Tulane University Presented Bridges with honorary degree in 2012. Ruby was born to sharecroppers Aborn and Lucille Bridges.Ruby parents decided to move the family to New Orleans in 1958 when Ruby was 4 years old. Next‚ “Martin Luther

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    Indian Labour Movement

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    The Indian labor movement is more than 150 years old‚ with its origin in the 1850s and 1870s. But it gained momentum in 1918 when the Madras labor union was formed with mill workers as members. The formation of the All India Trade Union congress (AITUC) in 1920 gave a fillip to the organized labor movement in India. A series of agitations and strikes happened during the early years of unionization in different parts of the country. The focus of the unions was to end exploitation of workers in factories

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    long-lasting hostility among Indians towards British rule? Sources 10‚ 11 and 12 suggest that the Amritsar Massacre‚ the incident in which British troops under the order of General Dyer fired at a crowd of Indian protesters on the 13th April 1919‚ did create widespread and long-lasting hostility among Indians towards the British. Creating the British government to be portrayed as repressive and irresponsible. However‚ the alternative view presented by the sources is that Indians were not hostile towards

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