American Indian Movement
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American Indian Movement The American Indian Movement existed for 500 years before being given a proper name. The movement formally began in Minneapolis, Minnesota during the summer of 1968 under the direction of Native American community activists Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt, Eddie Benton Banai, and George Mitchell. The event which triggered the movement’s official commencement was a meeting with 200 people from the Indian community who were frustrated by decades of discrimination. The intention of the AIM was to help American Indians who had been subjected to living in urban ghettos and forced away from reservations due to government programs. The American Indian Movement has supported many of the Oglala Sioux and other American Indians in relation to avoiding contact with the criminal justice system. They successfully implemented a AIM patrol in Minneapolis to address issues of extensive police brutality and over policing in Indian communities and reservations. The movement also established a legal rights centre in 1970 to “assist in alleviating legal issues facing Indian people” (www.aimmovement.org ) which in 1994 provided legal representation to over 1900 American Indians. AIM further established the first adult education program for American Indian offenders, which served as a model in other facilities outside Minnesota.
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American Indian Movement
The American Indian Movement existed for 500 years before being given a proper name. The movement formally began in Minneapolis, Minnesota during the summer of 1968 under the direction of Native American community activists Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt, Eddie Benton Banai, and George Mitchell. The event which triggered the movement’s official commencement was a meeting with 200 people from the Indian community who were frustrated by decades of discrimination.
The intention of the AIM was to help American Indians who had been subjected to living in urban ghettos and forced away from reservations due to government programs.
The American Indian Movement has supported many of the Oglala Sioux and other American Indians in relation to avoiding contact with the criminal justice system.
They successfully implemented a AIM patrol in Minneapolis to address issues of extensive police brutality and over policing in Indian communities and reservations. The movement also established a legal rights centre in 1970 to “assist in alleviating legal issues facing Indian people” (www.aimmovement.org) which in 1994 provided legal representation to over 1900 American Indians. AIM further established the first adult education program for American Indian offenders, which served as a model in other facilities outside Minnesota.
