Some land is returned to the tribes, and issues of self-governance are further clarified.
1978 - The Indian Child Welfare Act ends the discrimination that prevented Native Americans from acting as foster parents or qualifying for adoption. It also provides Indian communities with child welfare and family services. The American Indian Religious Freedom Act finally reverses U.S. policies outlawing certain tribal rituals and shamanic practices. The Lakota reject the payment, hoping to reclaim the Black Hills from the U.S. 1989 - The National Museum of the American Indian Act orders the Smithsonian Institute to return Native American remains to American Indian tribes. 1990 - The Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act protects Indian gravesites on federal public lands against looting.