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Forced to Abandon Their Farms: Water Deprivation and Starvation among the Gila River Pima, 1892-1904
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Direct linkDeJong, David H. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2004
This article discusses the water problems faced by the people of the Pima tribe. On June 17, 1902, after more than a decade of political debate and maneuvering, the National Reclamation Act became law. This legislation provided direct federal subsidies for the development of irrigation projects across the arid West. The Reclamation Act generated…
Descriptors: Courts, Water, Earth Science, American Indians
Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs, Phoenix. – 1981
Proceedings from the 8th Indian Town Hall include conference activities of 22 representatives of American Indian tribes and the State of Arizona as they participated in the 2-day conference on state-tribal relationships. Eleven keynote speeches in full text are presented along with comments from seven tribal representatives on the conference and…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
Download full textCommission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1972
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held two days of hearings in Phoenix to investigate the civil rights status of Arizona Indian Tribes, to ascertain the nature and extent of their problems, and to try to arrive at a means to rectify those problems. The testimony offered at the public session came from representatives of local, state, Federal and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Bilingual Education
