American Indian Movement
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The American Indian Movement is an American Indian grassroots movement founded in Minneapolis in July 1968. Initially centered in urban areas to address systemic issues of poverty, discrimination, and
An American Indian Movement tipi on the grounds of the Washington Monument in 1978
A participant at the raising of the John T. Williams Memorial Totem Pole in Seattle wears the AIM colors on their jacket, February 26, 2012
Members of AIM tore down the statue of Christopher Columbus outside the Minnesota State Capitol in June 2020 during the George Floyd protests
Leonard Peltier
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Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement who was convicted of murdering two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents in a June 26, 1975, shooting on the P
American Indian Movement
…of the Oglala Lakota tribe from the Pineridge Reservation. He collaborated with Banks to formulate AIM and is also a central leader to the movement. Leonard Peltier is enrolled in the turtle band Chippewa tribe in North Dakota, but is Lakota/Dakota as well. Leonard Peltier was an organizer and activist in AIM. He…
Peltier in 2025
Ronald Arthur Williams
Jack Ross Coler
Peltier mug shot