1972
Resistance / redressBook sources
Trail of Broken Treaties
United States; coalition of Indigenous organizations
A national caravan and occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs demanded recognition of treaty obligations and sovereignty. Protesters challenged federal mismanagement and policies that had stripped land and authority.
Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.
Context / qualification
Distinguish demands and testimony from findings in individual legal cases.
Sources
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 10