American Indian Movement

Historical note: preferred terms change over time, so you may see words like Indian, Native, and Indigenous used interchangeably. Also, Sioux is no longer the preferred term for the Lakota and Dakota people, but it was used widely at the time.

Websites

1969 Alcatraz

The Proclamation

Civil Rights Digital History Project

AIM from MNopedia

History of AIM

We Hold the Rock

NPS: American Indian Activism

Bill of Rights Institute

AIM

Videos

The US Government and AIM

Taking AIM

Remembering Richard Oakes

Native American Occupation of Alcatraz

PBS: We Shall Remain

We Hold the Rock Documentary

Wounded Knee

Confrontation at Wounded Knee

Articles

Dennis_Banks.pdf

The_Siege_of_Wounded_Knee_1973.pdf

Russell_C_Means.pdf

Leonard_Peltier.pdf

American_Indian_Movement.pdf

Letter_Concerning_the_Confeder.pdf

Native_American_Activists_Occu.pdf

Red_Power_Movement.pdf

This resource page created by Allison Hackenmiller, CPHS Librarian

Last updated 5/3/2024

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