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During the 1950s an estimated 100,000 Native Americans were incentivized to relocate from reservations to urban centers, including San Francisco and San Jose. "Cement Prairie" explores the impact of this program, which was intended to encourage the assimilation of the country's native population. However, because of continued discrimination and segregation, the program ultimately led to the unification of disparate tribes into politically organized blocks. This, in turn, gave way to the modern pan-Indian political movement. San Jose and the broader Bay Area became a hub of this movement, which continues to advocate for American Indian rights to this day.
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