Has Clicktivism Significantly Changed Native American...

Has Clicktivism significantly changed Native American struggles over land and resources through protest and activism? Clicktivism otherwise known as internet activism has in a very short amount of time become transformative to wider protest and activism. As elaborated on by Robin Cohen et al when referring to Native Americans. â€Å"These technologies enable them to build sites of counter-hegemonic power which give unprecedented exposure to their politics of naming and shaming to reclaim their traditions and lands through the assertion of rights.† (2000, pp.21). Indigenous struggles for their land and resources is far from a recent phenomenon as it pre-exists the industrial revolution and has been a continuous process in America for over 500†¦show more content†¦The forestalling and brief suspension of the project was aided by online activism which allowed non-native supporters to join the protest and attract media coverage. The DAPL protest highlights the positive influence of internet activism on Indigenous protest in North America, which has subsided in its effectiveness since its highly influential protests in the 1960s and 1970s. The most famous of these protests are the occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969, the 1970 occupation of Mount Rushmore which is sacred to the Sioux and which was illegally taken. These protests were launched to raise awareness of injustices committed against indigenous groups in the USA. One of the largest concerns around which many of the 1960s protests were centred around was the Indian termination policy. This policy removed any concessions given by the US government to Native American tribes through treaties. It is important to note that because of treaties protection in the US constitution that they are indefinite and cannot expire. Through enforcing treaties such as the return of surplus federal land to the Native people from whom it was taken as was the case in Alcatraz. Awareness by the general public of indigenous injustices and struggles over land and resources increases. To build on the previous point of injustices towards Native Americans by over controlling government, the nautonomy that affects theShow MoreRelatedNative American Self Determination Movement1441 Words   |  6 Pagesfollowing on from this last point the Native American self-determination movement has achieved almost all of its victories without outside help. Indeed many organisations such as the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association (NANAINA) are run by and for Native Americans and their interests. As with most civil rights movements but even more the case as Native Americans have their own sovereign citizenship