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Aim: Trail of Broken Treaties 20 Point Position Paper
Original text of the plan for the reconstruction of Indian communities, developed by the American Indian Movement (AIM.)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fbi History: Resmurs Case (Reservation Murders)
In the mid-1970s several unsolved murders occurred on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Most of those murdered were members of the American Indian Movement. Read about the case and the FBI's involvement.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: American Indian Movement
A document on native people's movements can be downloaded here. It contains a National Alliance for Red Power (NARP) newsletter from June/July 1969, that was published in Vancouver, British Columbia. This is followed by materials from...
PBS
Pbs: Alcatraz Is Not an Island
An expose on the 19 month occupation of Alcatraz by a group of Native Americans beginning in 1969. They demanded the return of Alcatraz to Indian control and began the resurgence in the American Indian Movement.
Other
Denver Post P Log: Wounded Knee, 1890 1973 in Photos
Fifty-seven photos that document the painful history of Wounded Knee from just before the massacre in 1891 up to its occupation in 1973 by the American Indian Movement. Some of the battle images are quite graphic and should be previewed...
Digital History
Digital History: The Native American Power Movement
This Digital History essay provides an excellent summary of the plight of the American Indian and their fight in the civil rights era.
Other
Metro Active Central: His Aim Is True
This newspaper article from Metro Active Central describes the activism and beliefs of AIM founder, Dennis Banks.
Other
U.s. Marshals Service: Incident at Wounded Knee
Read about the occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973 from the viewpoint of the U.S. Marshals Service.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Others Demand Equality
Many other groups learned how to push for their civil rights from African Americans' civil rights movement. Read about the Mexican Americans, Native Americans, and gays as they worked to achieve equal treatment under the law.
PBS
Alcatraz Is Not an Island: Indian Activisim
Part of a larger PBS site about Altcatraz and the Indian protest movement, this outlines the various AIM and Red Power actions to bring to the front Native American problems and to push for basic civil rights.
Other
The American Indian Movement
Provides information on the American Indian Movement under the following sections: Spiritual Heritage, Back to the Reservations, and AIM in Canada.
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Aim Logo
Provides information on the American Indian Movement under the following sections: Spiritual Heritage, Back to the Reservations, and AIM in Canada.