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AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT(AIM)

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American Indian Movement (AIM) began in the summer of 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It took shape when 200 people from the Native American community gathered for a meeting convened by a group of Native American activists led by George Mitchell, Dennis Banks, and Clyde Belcourt. The American Indian Movement was born.

Goals

AIMs goal´s

AIMs goals are to be

Goals such as recognition of the Indian Treaty by the U.S. government, sovereignty, protection of Native Americans and their liberties. AIM has attempted to achieve these goals over the past 50 years by filing numerous lawsuits against the federal government in hopes of changing US policy.

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leaders

AIM leaders

Russel means

Russell Means was an early leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and led its armed occupation of the South Dakota town of Wounded Knee, a 71-day siege that included several gunbattles with federal officers. before the wounded kneww happened he had said ¨that if the indian voice isnt hard among the u.s. government. the situation will evolve into a bigger and larger wounded knee¨. (which means someone would get hurt).

AIM leader

russel means

Dennis banks

Dennis banks

Dennis banks was a co-founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in Minneapolis. They sought to secure and protect the civil rights of Native Americans living in urban areas. From 1969 to 1971, Banks participated in the occupation of Alcatraz, which was initiated by the Indian students of San Francisco's Red His Power movement.

George Mitchell

George Mitchell

George was the co-founder of the American Indian Movement and had great love and pride for his people. He was a believer of Indigenous Rights and had a Warrior's Spirit.

Clyde bellecourt

Clyde Bellecourt

Clyde Bellecour leads protests against police brutality in Minneapolis, where two intoxicated local men were taken to hospital in the boot of a police car. Bellecour continues to lead national and international AIM activities. He defended his 71-day confrontation after the 1972 siege of the Washington office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the 1973 shooting in the town of Wound his Knee on his Ridge Reservation in Pine, South Dakota.

Timeline

Progress timeline

The dynamic movement of the 1960s and 1970s gained momentum after the civil rights movement, when multiple causes came to the fore. This occupation was important because the media broadcast the proclamation "To the Great White Father and All His People". The importance of the island was emphasized to them. After forced migration and resettlement, Indians who depended on the government for their jobs and livelihoods were left without the means to earn a living. On November 20, 1969, many tribes attempted to take full control of the island. An application for federal funding was made, but the government rejected it and decided not to intervene. This later led to the end of the occupation. Yes, to allow residents to adapt and function normally. Due to its success and celebrity endorsement, more and more Indians migrated to the island. The government sent federal agents to remove the tracks in 1971, but there was no resistance.

The Catalyst of the American Indian Movement

The focus of the march was to draw attention to treaty rights and issues facing Native Americans. The caravan stopped at Indian communities on the way to gather supporters, and he arrived in DC in the final week of the 1972 presidential election. When they arrived in Washington, D.C., the members submitted a 20-point opinion to presidential candidates Nixon and McGovern, reviewing the violations and asking the treaty committee to provide appropriate compensation for those violations. It planned to express the goals and ideology of the Broken Treaty Path, including its establishment. It calls for the Federal Government's India policy to be pursued within the framework of the contract.

The Trail of Broken Treaties

On 27 February, more than 50 of his cars carrying protesters stormed into the hamlet of Wounded Knee, marking the beginning of the occupation. Although AIM members wanted the occupation to continue, an agreement was reached between the occupiers and the government, and the occupiers formally surrendered on May 9, 1973. Russell Means, one of his AIM leaders during the occupation, was charged with assault, theft and conspiracy after the occupation, but his case was ultimately dismissed. After the 1973 occupation, AIM continued to draw attention to broken contracts, even labeling the agreement to end the occupation of Wounded Knee as a broken contract. The document in the gallery below, produced by AIM, says the agreement was "quickly and superficially broken," another example of how AIM seeks to highlight federal injustices against indigenous peoples even after the occupation.

Wounded Knee Occupatin 1973

The Longest Walk ended a series of major events in the American Indian Movement. Dennis Banks of the American Indian Movement put forward the idea of a nearly 3,000-mile march against recently proposed legislation. In the end, none of the bills passed. The last major event of the Native American movement from the civil rights era ended successfully. Today, Longest Walks is used to commemorate the first Longest Walk.

The last major event of the American Indian Movment

Due to the militant nature of their organization, however, many of the activists who were involved with AIM were constantly busy battling with the United States in the form of court appearances and various legal fees. Despite this, however, the occupations that were organized by the American Indian Movement still served to draw international attention to the issues of current Native Americans. By changing both the perspectives of individual people as well as striving to change written law, AIM has succeeded in improving the standard of living for Native Americans living in the United States.

The Impact

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