American Indian Movement

The American Indian Movement (AIM), is an American Indian civil rights group in the United States that burst on the national scene with its seizure of Alcatraz Island in 1968, the BIA headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 1972 and the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. AIM was cofounded by Dennis Banks, Herb Powless, Clyde Bellecourt, Eddie Benton Banai, and many others in 1968. Russell Means is also a member.

Related Topics:
American Indian - Civil rights - United States - Alcatraz Island - 1968 - BIA - 1972 - 1973 - Wounded Knee - South Dakota - Pine Ridge Indian Reservation - Dennis Banks - Clyde Bellecourt - Russell Means

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In the decades since AIM's founding, the group has led protests advocating Native American interests, inspired cultural renewal, monitored police activities and coordinated employment programs in cities and in rural reservation communities across the United States. AIM often has supported other native interests outside the United States, as well.

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