This year was the first year that "indians" were legally allowed to vote in federal elections.
1960
Elliot Page
The year that Juneteenth was recognized as a Federal Holiday in the US
2021
Boxer, turned Dancer Laila
Muhammed Ali
Ms. Krabbappel from The Simpsons
Commissioners were appointed to visit each band and ascertain whether or not a male Indian over the age of 21 could read, write and speak in English or French, and was of good moral character. If these, and other criteria were met, that male Indian was listed as this
enfranchised
Dan Levy
Although the Emancipation Proclamation was given by this president in 1862, it did not reach all states until three years later in 1865.
Abraham Lincoln
"24" star Keifer
Donald Sutherland
John Kimble Kindergarten Cop
Cultural ceremonies and gatherings were illegal, notably targeting, and named after, this type of ceremony, commonly used to pass on titles, names and responsibilities within the culture.
Potlach
Ilona Verley
This state was the last state to free their enslaved laborers
Texas
Latin Heartthrob Enrique
Dewey Finn from School of Rock
This amendment, made in 1985, reinstated Indian Status to women who had lost it through marriage to men without status. Among other changes, the bill also enabled all first-generation children of these marriages and individuals who had been enfranchised to regain their legal status.
Bill C-31
Dr. Anthony Johnson and James Makokis
Most freed people weren't terribly interested in staying with the people who had enslaved them, even if pay was involved. The resulting movement became known as this.
"The Scatter"
Oscar winner Anjelica
John Houston
Ms. Norbury from Mean Girls
Although the chief and council are elected by their people, the band council system enforced by the Indian Act are still accountable to this department of government.
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), both were formed from the former Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) which was dissolved in 2017
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
This flavour of soda pop was once a popular way of celebrating Juneteenth
Strawberry
Jewelry designer Paloma
Pablo Picasso
Elisabeth Halsey in Bad Teacher