The Urban Indian community of Minneapolis, Minnesota : an analysis of educational achievements, housing conditions, and health care from the relocation of 1952 to today
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2004
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Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science
Abstract
This thesis critically evaluates the improvements in educational achievements, housing conditions, and
health care needs for the urban Indian population of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I specifically focus on the
Relocation Policy and how that Policy, instead of assimilating American Indians into mainstream
society, became a vehicle for elevating the population of American Indians in Minneapolis to a level of
“visibility.” As well, I discuss how this once “invisible” urban community formed an urban coalition,
the American Indian Movement (AIM), to actively seek social justices in education, housing, and
health care for the urban Indian population of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The intent of the research is to determine whether the extensive funding and programs directed toward
the urban Indian population of Minneapolis throughout the last four decades have brought about
significant improvements; to determine the degree of, and changes in educational achievements,
housing conditions, and health needs of the urban Indian population of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This
project is the first evaluation of whether conditions within the urban Indian community of Minneapolis
have improved since Relocation. I think this project was needed to critically evaluate a metro area like
Minneapolis that has such an extensive history of programs and funding for the urban Indian
population.