To what extent did indigenous peoples in the Americas achieve their civil rights in the period after 1945?

Candidates will consider the merits or otherwise of the suggestion that indigenous peoples in the Americas achieved their civil rights in the period after 1945. In this context, civil rights may have a broad interpretation to include differences in the societies chosen for discussion. Civil rights may include economic and political rights, legal rights, property and land titles, access to education and social services, and support for the maintenance of culture and language. Racial and ethnic discrimination has also been an issue for indigenous peoples. This discrimination has led to limited access to jobs, social programmes, housing and education, all of which have severely affected the civil rights of indigenous peoples. Candidates must examine the ways in which governments or other groups have worked to limit, overcome or eliminate examples of this discrimination that has affected the well-being of indigenous peoples. Candidates will state a position about the relative level of success of the indigenous peoples in the countries chosen and provide relevant supporting content.