The progress of industry in the twentieth century introduced new conflicts
for Native Americans, particularly with the development of hydroelectric
projects as a source of electric power.  Pictured here are three Tuscarora
Indians in 1958, protesting plan s by the New York State Power Authority
to create a reservoir that would flood over one-fifth of their reservation
lands.  Using both legal channels and open protest, the Indians succeeded;
The Federal Power Commission ordered the project stopped.  Two years
later, however, the Supreme Court reversed the decision, and the reservoir
was built.  The Picker Sloan Plan in the 1940s and 1950s, which called for
the damming of the Missouri River, was an even more dramatic example. 
Despite Native American protests, this project ultimately flooded most of
the arable land in the North and South Dakota reservations.