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| 1887 |
| | | The Dawes Severalty Act deprives American Indians of their tribal lands, giving each instead an allotment of up to 160 acres | |
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| c. 1888 |
| | | An American Indian visionary, Wovoka, launches a new religion that will bring the dead back to life, calling it the Ghost Dance | |
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| 1889 |
| | | The first Land Run into Oklahoma has settlers galloping in from noon to claim territory previously reserved for American Indians | |
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| 1890 |
| | | Hundreds of Sioux Indians are killed by US troops in a massacre at Wounded Knee Creek | |
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| 1907 |
| | | A midwest region, including what remains of the reserved Indian Territory, is included in Oklahoma when it joins the Union as the 46th state | |
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| 1927 |
| | | Archaeologists, excavating the bison remains at Folsom, find an ancient spear point embedded in the skeleton - first proof of the Folsom culture | |
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| 1929 |
| | | An American Indian teenager, Ridgely Whiteman, finds the remains of a butchered mammoth near Clovis in New Mexico - first evidence of the Clovis culture | |
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| 1934 |
| | | The Indian Reorganization Act restores tribal ownership of land in the US reservations | |
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| 1968 |
| | | AIM (American Indian Movement) is founded to improve the status of native Americans, or American Indians | |
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| 1973 |
| | | Activists of the American Indian Movement survive a ten-week siege at Wounded Knee, winning international attention | |
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