Place in an atmosphere of indian activism and even militancy. And in a famous incident, a group of native american activists took over Alcatraz Island in 1969,reclaiming it as indian land during their 18 month occupation. Amidst this assertion of cultural identity and land claims, president nixon advanced a successful proposal to repeal termination,and congress acted on nixons reform proposals. In his special message to congress on july 8, 1970, president nixon said, both as a matter of justice and as a matter of enlightened social policy, we must begin to act on the basis of what the indians themselves have long been telling us. The time has come to break decisively with the past and to create conditions for a new era in which the indian future is determined by indian acts and indian decisions. When president nixon returned the sacred site of new mexico to the people of taos pueblo in a ceremony, it symbolized the fundamental shift in u. S. Government policy towards American Indian pe
Presented by the Richard Nixon foundation carried mr. Johnson president s ands administration is regarded as one of the most proindian of the 20th century. It ushered in a new era of selfgovernment. Native americans found a champion in president nixon. A stance that resulted from his personal history and his consultation with indian leaders who helped shape his view of Indian Affairs. This policy breakthrough took place in an atmosphere of indian activism and even militancy. And in a famous incident, a group of activists took over Alcatraz Island in 1969 reclaiming it as indian land during their occupation. Assertion of cultural identity and land claims, president and advanced a successful proposal to repeal termination and congress acted on his reform. In his special message to congress on july 8, 1970, president and said both as a matter of justice and as a matter of enlightened social policy, we must begin to act on the basis of what the indians themselves have long been telling us.
A sauce hangs in the balance as a london Court Decides whether the wiki leaks founder should be extradited to the United States if he says espionage charges that could put him in prison for life. Im sara kelly welcome to the program we begin with the latest on the corona virus in china the outbreak has prompted the National Peoples congress to postpone its annual 10 day beating for the 1st time in decades it comes out in chinese authorities reported 150. 00 deaths from the corona virus in a single day pushing the total number of fatalities in the country to almost 2600. 00 south korea meanwhile has raised its Infectious Disease alert to the highest level after more than 162. 00 cases were reported on monday. Now iran has confirmed that the death toll has climbed to 12 people there are the highest number of fatalities for any country outside of china and authorities in italy are reporting a 5th death from the virus making italy the worst affected country in europe. Midnight on the itali
Colleague Helena Humphrey is down on the red carpet. Ill have a look at french film to lead history which will make you want to delete all of your online accounts and talking about email leaks or theres a big name in town Hillary Clinton please its the Guardian International Film Festival ill have more coming up a little a show on the program. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program we begin with the latest on the coronavirus in china the outbreak has prompted the National Peoples congress to postpone its annual 10 day meeting for the 1st time in decades it comes after chinese authorities reported 150. 00 deaths from the corona virus and a single day pushing the total number of fatalities in the country to almost 2600. 00 south korea meanwhile has raised. Its Infectious Disease alert to the highest level after more than 160. 00 new cases were reported on monday. And in iran the confirmed death toll has climbed to 12 the highest number of fatalities for any country outside of china and au
The number of people who died in chinas coronaVirus Outbreak has now surpassed 1800 new figures released by Health Officials say 98 people have died in the last 24 hours in china mainly in her bay province thats the epicenter of the epidemic more than 800. 00 new cases were detected there on monday well beijing has taken some drastic steps to contain the virus has deployed more medics from the army to for the 1st time in recent history the Ruling Communist Party is considering delaying its annual congress its biggest political gathering well the World Health Organization says according to new data the china coronavirus known as call it 19 is less deadly than sars but its more infectious. The data also appeared to show a decline in new cases this trend must be interpreted very cautiously trends going change as new populations are affected its too early to tell if this report the decline will continue every scenario is still on the table but it also appears that quoted 19 is not as deadl