Republican politician Charles Curtis at a railroad station in Chicago, Illinois, circa 1928. Curtis was a member of the Kaw Nation born in the Kansas Territory and served as U. S. Vice-President under Herbert Hoover from 1929 to 1933.

Native American history spans an array of diverse groups and leaders, including Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Tecumseh, and events like the Trail of Tears, the French and Indian War and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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Learn about Native American tribes and leaders like Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Tecumseh, and events like the Trail of Tears, the French and Indian War, the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the American Indian Movement (AIM).

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June 18

As the Vietnam War expanded into Cambodia, anti-war rallies flared at home; at Kent State University in Ohio, National Guardsmen killed four unarmed student protesters, shocking the nation. Americans held their breath as NASA scrambled to bring Apollo 13 astronauts home safely after their aborted moon mission. Some 20 million people celebrated the first Earth Day, rock icons Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix both died of drug overdoses at age 27, and the Beatles called it quits.

1970

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1978

The turbulence of 1968 began on New Year’s Day with the Tet Offensive, shocking Americans with the unwinnable realities of the Vietnam War. The assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy darkened the national mood and deepened domestic unrest. Mass protests erupted around the globe, from Chicago to Prague to France, Mexico and beyond. In space, Apollo 8 orbited the moon, while back on earth, “Laugh-In” topped TV ratings, “Hair” premiered on Broadway and McDonald’s debuted the iconic Big Mac.

1968

The Cold War heated up in 1949 when the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb and Germany split into two separate nations—one aligned with the West, the other with the Soviets. To counteract the threat, the U.S. and European allies signed the NATO charter. In Asia, Communists declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China. George Orwell predicted scarier times ahead with his novel “1984,” and consumers saw the introduction of 45 r.p.m. records, Kraft singles and Lego plastic bricks.

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1934

The nearly 1,000-foot Eiffel Tower opened for business in Paris in 1889, reigning as the tallest structure in the world until 1930. That same year, fire in Seattle destroyed much of the city, while the Johnstown Flood in Pennsylvania swept more than 2,200 to their deaths after a dam collapse. In Japan, the videogame company now known as Nintendo started in business as a maker of playing cards.

1889

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Native American History ‑ This Day In History

American Indian Movement (AIM) is founded

Deb Haaland sworn in as first Indigenous cabinet secretary

Supreme Court rules in McGirt v. Oklahoma

Indian Reorganization Act is signed into law

Maria Tallchief debuts in “Firebird” as the first‑ever American prima ballerina

Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte becomes the first Native American woman to graduate from medical school

2,800 mile‑long walk for Native American justice concludes in Washington, D.C.

Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act into law

Native American group occupies Mount Rushmore to protest broken Treaty of Fort Laramie

Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American elected to the U.S. Senate

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