In the late 1960s and early 1970s all of the following occurred due to American Indian activism, EXCEPT
A. Indians occupying Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay.
B. the appointment of a Mohawk-Sioux as Nixon's commissioner of Indian affairs.
C. Congress passing an Indian Civil Rights Act.
D. Indians fighting for old treaty fishing rights in Washington State.
E. Congress granting to reservations "independent nation" status within the United States.
Answer: E
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