“Civil rights for indigenous peoples significantly improved after 1945.” To what extent do you agree with this statement?

The question requires that candidates consider the merits or otherwise of the statement that civil rights for indigenous peoples significantly improved after 1945. Candidates may refer to one or two countries in depth, or to several countries in a broader sense. Civil rights could include voting rights, legal rights, economic rights, equal education, restoration of lost lands, sovereignty over their affairs and support of their culture. Candidates may refer to the American Indian Movement in the United States and their actions at Alcatraz, or to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Wounded Knee. For Canada, they might refer to the actions and accomplishments of First Nations, Inuit and Metis. In Mexico, candidates might refer to the actions and accomplishments of the National Zapatista Liberation Army (EZLN). Candidates might refer to actions taken by the United Nations and the passage of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007. Candidates’ opinions or conclusions will be presented clearly and supported by appropriate evidence.

The question required that candidates consider the merits or otherwise of the statement that civil rights for indigenous peoples significantly improved after 1945. It produced only a few responses, but some were quite thorough in respect to both the US and Canada. However, a few candidates attempted to address the question by application of Hispanic Americans, or African Americans as "indigenous".