Indian Self-Determination and Self-Governance Era 1968-present

1971

Five Tribes of Oklahoma win the right to elect their own chiefs

Chief Harry J.W. Belvin, longest serving chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Chief Harry J.W. Belvin, longest serving chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

For the first time since 1902, the Five “Civilized” Tribes win the right to elect their own leaders and reconstitute their own tribal government systems, after petitioning the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Native Resistance

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