Native+American+Timeline

=::TIMELINE::=
 * 1492**- Columbus landed on the U.S. and discovered the Native American race.
 * 1607-**The Englishman setteled in Jamestown living amoung the native American People. John Smith and Pocahotas both lived in and shared Jamestown.
 * 1838-1839**- The Trail of Tears took place, This was when The Cherokee tribe had to leave their home in Georgia and go to Oklahoma where the first reservtion was then built. On their way 1/4 of the Cherokee tribe died.
 * 1851**-The first reservation was built in Oaklahoma.
 * 1884**- The supreme court decided that the 14th amendment wasn't automatically granted citizenship to Native Americans.
 * 1924**- Was when there was an indian citizenship act that said when any indian was born in the US they were considered a US citizen.
 * 1968**- Congress passed an Indian civil rights act. This act gave Native Americans free speech and free exercise of religion.
 * 1972**-Trail of Broken Treaties - Over 500 Indian activists traveled across the United States to Washington, DC where they planned to meet with BIA officials.
 * 1974**- The case Morton v. Mancari
 * 1975**- Pine Ridge Reservation Shootout **-** In June, two FBI agents entered the Pine Ridge Reservation.
 * 1978**- Indian Child Welfare Act
 * 1979**- The Seminole Tribe of Florida and Gaming
 * 1982**- Indian Mineral Development Act. This Congressional Act encouraged Indian tribes to mine their lands in a manner that would help them become economically self-sufficient.
 * 1988**- Court case of Tribes v. Butterworth and California v. Cabazon Band.
 * 1988**- Was when the Indian Gaming Regulatory act was passed.
 * 1990**- Native American Languages Act **-** This Congressional Act made it US policy to "preserve, protect, and promote the rights and f reedom of Native Americans to use, practice, and develop Native American languages.
 * 1992**- Foxwoods Casino of Connecticut - The Mashantucket Pequots opened the first large casino in the United States
 * 1994**- American Indians Religious Freedom Act, Amendments **-** This Congressional Act protected the rights of American Indians to use peyote in traditional religious ceremonies.
 * 1999**- Shannon County, South Dakota, home of the Oglala Lakota on Pine Ridge Reservation is identified as the poorest place in the country.