1972: Reuben A. Snake Jr. leads American Indian Movement

Winnebago tribal leader Reuben A. Snake Jr. (named Kee-Kah-Wah-Un-Ga at birth) serves as national chairman of the American Indian Movement. His advocacy is instrumental in the passage of legislation for Native American rights through the 1990s. Snake is known throughout Indian Country as “Your Humble Serpent.” He advocates vigorously to protect the religious use of peyote by Native American church members through amendments to the American Indian Religious Freedom Act.

Theme

Native Rights

Region

Arctic, California, Great Basin, Great Plains, Hawai‘i, Northeast, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Southeast, Southwest, Subarctic