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The Relocation of Native Americans

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The Relocation of Native Americans American Experience

Premiered May 11, 2009
The Relocation of Native Americans

Most Native Americans do not live on reservations. How did that happen?

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Wounded Knee occupiers communicated their concerns via the press.
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Calling Attention to Wounded Knee

For many decades, Native American children were taken to government boarding schools.
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Taken from Their Families

Most Native Americans do not live on reservations. How did that happen?
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The Relocation of Native Americans

What were Native American children expected to learn in schools run by the US government?
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The US Government's Education of Native American Children

The American Indian Movement fought for Native American rights.
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What was the American Indian Movement?

In February 1973, the American Indian Movement took over Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
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What Was the Occupation of Wounded Knee?

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