The American Indian Movement

American Indians have once prospered by relying on abundant land and natural life. The colonization of white settlers harmed this peaceful life, removed tribes from their lands, and pushed them to a new cultural and religious view. Many years of abuse and abuse led the organization of the American Indian Movement to fight for its rights and freedom. Through AIM, the Indians gain recognition in order to gain place in society and try to spread their culture and heritage knowledge to American citizens.

The American Indian Movement (AIM) is an indigenous American event organization established in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1968 and its agenda focuses on spirituality, leadership and sovereignty. Native Americans participated in social movements through the 20th century, but the Alcatraz - Red Power Movement (ARPM), unlike past movements, demands that they participate in US agencies while maintaining their cultural identity To do. The decline in ARPM in the latter half of the 1970s was due to FBI's suppression and intrusion by COINTELPRO, a secret operation at the time, which was primarily trying to "offset" radical organizations with strong disagreement with the federal government did. During the three years of the injured knee II siege, 69 members and AIM supporters were violently killed at the time of booking.

Pine Ridge Su will gather members of the American Indian Movement (Bancroft & Wittstock 2013, 71) to help plan and carry out occupations. Only three months ago the American Indian Movement (AIM) occupied the Indian Affairs Bureau of Washington, DC. Under the occupation of the BIA Building, AIM and its allies heard their voice and promoted transformation into a nationwide platform, a revolutionary achievement of American indigenous people (Bancroft & Wittstock 2013, 58-61).

AIM - American Indian Movement - In the summer of 1968, it began in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It occurred when 200 people from the Indian community participated in a conference convened by a group of Native American community activists led by George Mitchell and Dennis. Bank and Clyde Belle cool. They were dissatisfied with discrimination and decades of Indian policies in the Federation to gather together to restrict themselves and to discuss important issues governing their destiny. From this confusion and determination, the American Indian movement was born.