cross-country Trail of Broken Treaties caravan

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Native American protest movement political demonstration protest caravan

The cross-country Trail of Broken Treaties caravan was a 1972 Native American protest journey across the United States that culminated in a major occupation of federal offices in Washington, D.C., demanding the government honor treaty rights and improve Indigenous conditions.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Trail of Broken Treaties caravan	0

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American protest movement ⓘ political demonstration ⓘ protest caravan ⓘ
chronologicalPlacement	early 1970s ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culminatedIn	occupation of Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters ⓘ occupation of federal offices in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
demanded	improved housing, education, and health services for Native Americans ⓘ increased control of Native communities over their own affairs ⓘ recognition of tribal sovereignty ⓘ review and reform of treaties between tribes and the United States ⓘ
followedBy	Wounded Knee Occupation of 1973 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Trail of Broken Treaties caravan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause	poor living conditions of Indigenous peoples in the United States ⓘ violation of Native American treaty rights ⓘ
hasDemandsDocument	Twenty-Point Position Paper NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGoal	demand that the U.S. government honor treaty obligations ⓘ improve conditions for Indigenous peoples ⓘ reform federal Indian policy ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	major national Native American protest in the 1970s ⓘ
hasName	Trail of Broken Treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOutput	Twenty-Point Position Paper ⓘ
hasParticipant	American Indian Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ National Indian Youth Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Native American activists ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext	Nixon administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme	Indigenous sovereignty ⓘ civil rights ⓘ self-determination ⓘ treaty rights ⓘ
involvedConflictWith	federal law enforcement authorities ⓘ
location	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mediaCoverage	national news in the United States ⓘ
opposed	U.S. federal Indian policy ⓘ
organizedBy	American Indian Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ coalition of Native American organizations ⓘ
partOf	Native American civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	rise of the American Indian Movement ⓘ
protestMethod	caravan ⓘ occupation of government buildings ⓘ
routeAcross	cross-country ⓘ
significantYear	1972 ⓘ
socialMovement	Red Power movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1972 ⓘ
targeted	Bureau of Indian Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters → follows → cross-country Trail of Broken Treaties caravan ⓘ