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Debates
100

Indigenous activist group founded in 1968 by Ojibwe activists

What is American Indian Movement (AIM)?

100

Tribe that lived in the Tampa Bay area before European contact.

What is the Tocobaga?

100

1969 proposal to eliminate Indian status and dissolve autonomy for First Nations.

What are the White Papers?

100

Namesake of indigenous militant group in southern Mexico.

Who is Emiliano Zapata?

100

The right to govern.

Sovereignty.

200

Protest of more than 700 activists at the White House organized by Dennis Banks and Russell Means.

What is the Trail of Broken Treaties?

200

General who led US forces in the First Seminole War.

Who is Andrew Jackson?

200

Act which granted Canada full independence from Britain and outlined Aboriginal rights in Section 35.

What is Constitution Act?
200

Mexican state where the EZLN operates.

What is Chiapas?

200

Motto of indigenous boarding schools which represented stripping them of cultural identity.

What is "kill the Indian, save the man?"

300

Island occupied by AIM.

What is Alcatraz?

300

Indigenous leader who became a symbol of resistance in the Second Seminole War.

Who is Osceola?

300

Nisga elder who sued British Colombia government in 1967 to affirm Aboriginal land rights.

Who is Frank Calder?

300

Mapuche spiritual leader who successfully invoked the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention.

Who is Francisca Linconao?

300

Trade agreement that went into effect in 1994 and was opposed by many indigenous activist groups like the Zapatistas.

What is North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

400

1975 act which allowed Native tribes to have greater autonomy.

What is the Indian Self-Determination Act?

400

Explorer who reached Tampa Bay in 1528, making contact with the indigenous people.

Who is Panfilo de Narvaez?

400

Canada planned to build this on Mohawk burial grounds, sparking the Oka Crisis.

What is golf course?

400

Female EZLN leader who represented the group in peace talks.

Who is Comandanta Ramona?

400

1832 Supreme Court Case which says tribes are "distinct, independent political communities."

What is Worcester v. Georgia?

500

1980 act giving Native tribes $81.5 million for lands taken.

What is the Claims Settlement Act?

500

Tribe recognized as separate from the Seminole in 1962.

What is the Miccosukee?
500
Organization founded in 1982 to represent the indigenous people of Canada.

What is Assembly of the First Nations?

500

Main Mapuche armed group lead by Hector Llaitul.

What is Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco (CAM)?

500
President who ended the "termination policy" in 1970.

Who is Richard Nixon?