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Box 2

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Contains 1 Result:

Akwesasne Mohawk Nation - Sovereignty, self determination, treaty dispute. Includes newspaper and journal articles, press releases, copy of Article VII of the 1979 Canadaiqua Treaty, copy of treaty with the Six Nations of 1794, correspondence,, 1979-1980.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 16
Scope and Content From the Collection: Although this collection spans the timeframe 1965-1995, the bulk of the material focuses on 1973-1979, the time, circumstances, and repercussions of the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota by 300 Indians led by members of the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization (OSCRO) and the American Indian Movement (AIM). The collection is divided into 4 overlapping series, specifically, American Indian Movement /Bureau of Indian Affairs (AIM/BIA), Wounded Knee and Its...
Dates: 1979-1980.