Indo American are in civil rights movement
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ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ ɪɴᴅɪᴀɴ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ, (ᴀɪᴍ), ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ ɪɴᴅɪᴀɴ ᴄɪᴠɪʟ ʀɪɢʜᴛs ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ғᴏᴜɴᴅᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴍɪɴɴᴇᴀᴘᴏʟɪs, ᴍɪɴɴᴇsᴏᴛᴀ, ɪɴ 1968 ʙʏ ᴅᴇɴɴɪs ʙᴀɴᴋs, ᴄʟʏᴅᴇ ʙᴇʟʟᴇᴄᴏᴜʀᴛ, ᴇᴅᴅɪᴇ ʙᴇɴᴛᴏɴ ʙᴀɴᴀɪ, ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴇᴏʀɢᴇ ᴍɪᴛᴄʜᴇʟʟ. ... ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ, ʀᴜssᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇᴀɴs ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴀ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪɴᴇɴᴛ sᴘᴏᴋᴇsᴍᴀɴ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ.
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American Indian Movement, (AIM), militant American Indian civil rights organization, founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1968 by Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt, Eddie Benton Banai, and George Mitchell. Later, Russell Means became a prominent spokesman for the group. Its original purpose was to help Indians in urban ghettos who had been displaced by government programs that had the effect of forcing them from the reservations. Its goals eventually encompassed the entire spectrum of Indian demands—economic independence, revitalization of traditional culture, protection of legal rights, and, most especially, autonomy over tribal areas and the restoration of lands that they believed had been illegally seized.
American Indian Movement
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1968 - present
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AIM was involved in many highly publicized protests. It was one of the Indian groups involved in the occupation (1969–71) of Alcatraz Island, the march (1972) on Washington, D.C., to protest violation of treaties (in which AIM members occupied the office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs), and the takeover (1973) of a site at Wounded Knee to protest the government’s Indian policy. In the mid-1970s AIM’s efforts were centred on the prevention of resource exploitation of Indian lands by the federal government. With many of its leaders in prison, and torn by internal dissension, the national leadership disbanded in 1978, although local groups continued to function. From 1981 an AIM group occupied part of the Black Hills (South Dakota) to press its demands for return of the area to Indian jurisdiction.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Adam Augustyn, Managing Editor, Reference Content.
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