next on the presidency, we hear about richard nixon s policies to restore indian lands. and allow a new era of self government. we will hear about the native american college football coach who may have inspired nixon thinking on indian fares. president nixon s opinion on indian fares is seen as one of the most pro-indian. and to restore indian lands to tribes, and became a new era of self government. if americans found a champion in president nixon, a sense that resulted from his personal history, and within the leaders and with helped shape the view of indian affairs. this policy breakthrough took place in an atmosphere of indian activism. even militant system. what they took over alcatraz island in 1969, claiming it as indian land during the 18 month occupation. amidst the insertion of cultural identity, and the land claims, president nixon advanced a successful proposal to repeal termination and congress acted on nixon s reform proposals in the special message to congre