It's true.
Also it means
1. desegregated, especially racially
2. with various parts or aspects linked or coordinated
3. indicating the mean value or total sum of a variable quantity of property
It was primarily "the recognition of treaty rights" and "Native American self-government" that prompted the Native American Civil Rights Movement, since many Natives were not being respected at all by the US government.
There were several events that led up to the creation of NASA, but the biggest was the space race with Russia, which was especially heightened after Sputnik.
