Who/What:In the early 1970's the Yavapai Tribe of Fort McDowell protested the Federal Government on building a dam just south of their boarders. The dam would have caused massive flooding to the Tribal land, and would have caused the Yavapai people to relocate.
When: In the early 1970's
Where: Fort Mcdowell Reservation, Fort Mcdowell, Arizona
Why: The dam would have caused massive flooding to the area on which the Yavapai people lived on.
The identity of this piece represents a group of people, a group of people that identifies themselves as a Nation, a Sovereign Nation, that took a fight for land that they were given by executive order.
Works Cited: "Yavapai History & Culture | Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation | Arizona." Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation ICal. N.p., 2013-2014. Web. 08 Feb. 2016. <http://www.fmyn.org/about-fmyn/history/>.
"Fort McDowell Orme Dam Victory
Days Pow Wow | NativeAmerica.travel." Fort McDowell Orme Dam Victory
Days Pow Wow | NativeAmerica.travel. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2016.
<https://nativeamerica.travel/experiences/fort-mcdowell-orme-dam-victory-days-pow-wow>.
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