Trail of Broken Treaties

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The Trail of Broken Treaties was a 1972 cross-country protest caravan and occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C., organized by Native American activists to demand recognition of treaty rights and tribal sovereignty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American civil rights protest ⓘ
political demonstration ⓘ
protest movement ⓘ
cause failure of the U.S. government to honor treaty obligations ⓘ
violation of treaties between the United States and Native American nations ⓘ
chronologyWithinTopic late 20th-century Native American protest actions ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedBySource United States historical accounts of Native American activism ⓘ
followedBy Wounded Knee Occupation (1973) ⓘ
genre social movement ⓘ
goal establishment of a treaty commission ⓘ
increased Native American control over reservation affairs ⓘ
reassertion of Native American treaty rights ⓘ
recognition of tribal sovereignty ⓘ
reform of federal Indian policy ⓘ
restoration of treaty-making powers between the United States and tribes ⓘ
review and revision of past treaties ⓘ
hasEffect heightened national awareness of Native American issues ⓘ
increased visibility of the American Indian Movement ⓘ
tension between Native activists and federal authorities ⓘ
hasEndTime November 1972 ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasPart 20-point proposal to the U.S. government ⓘ
cross-country caravan ⓘ
occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs ⓘ
hasStartTime 1972 ⓘ
October 1972 ⓘ
location Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject Native American treaty rights ⓘ
federal-tribal relations in the United States ⓘ
self-determination of Indigenous peoples ⓘ
tribal sovereignty ⓘ
movement Red Power movement ⓘ
namedAfter broken treaties between the United States and Native nations ⓘ
opposedBy Bureau of Indian Affairs ⓘ
United States federal government ⓘ
organizer American Indian Committee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse ⓘ
American Indian Movement ⓘ
American Indian Movement of Colorado ⓘ
National American Indian Council ⓘ
National Indian Brotherhood ⓘ
National Indian Youth Council ⓘ
Native American Rights Fund ⓘ
participant Native American activists ⓘ
members of the American Indian Movement ⓘ
tribal representatives from across the United States ⓘ
significantEvent presentation of a 20-point position paper ⓘ

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Red Power movement → hasKeyEvent → Trail of Broken Treaties ⓘ
American Indian Movement → notableWork → Trail of Broken Treaties ⓘ
American Indian Movement → organized → Trail of Broken Treaties ⓘ
Freedom – No Compromise → hasPart → “Trail of Broken Treaties” ⓘ
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Red Power → relatedTo → Trail of Broken Treaties ⓘ
Wounded Knee Occupation (1973) → chronologicallyFollows → Trail of Broken Treaties (1972) ⓘ
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Dennis Banks → participatedIn → Trail of Broken Treaties ⓘ
1978 Longest Walk → follows → 1972 Trail of Broken Treaties ⓘ
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Vine Deloria Jr. → notableWork → Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties ⓘ
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Trail of Broken Treaties caravan → hasName → Trail of Broken Treaties ⓘ
Trail of Broken Treaties caravan → hasAlternativeName → Trail of Broken Treaties caravan ⓘ
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