American Indian Movement (Page 8)

Red, White, Black and Blue: Assata Shakur, Leonard Peltier and Race

Cole R. DeLaune

5/23/13

In May 2011, the spectacle of political theater took a quickly forgotten detour into the realm of the absurd when minor protests erupted over the participation of Chicago rapper Common in a White House poetry slam....

Artist Call: Make Cleveland Indians Owner Into 'Grinning Idiot Mascot'

ICTMN Staff

5/7/13

On the heels of the Cleveland American Indian Movement protesting the use of the offensive "Chief Wahoo" mascot outside Progressive Field at the Cleveland MLB team's home opener on...

Wounded Knee Sale Deadline Looms

Vincent Schilling

4/30/13

As the May 1 deadline approaches for the Oglala Sioux Tribe to purchase the historic site of Wounded Knee for millions of dollars, the tribe has made no statement that they plan to...

Dennis Banks on the AIM Era: 'I Regret That It Ended too Soon'

Gale Courey Toensing

4/25/13

Dennis Banks, the famous Ojibway co-founder of the American Indian Movement, teacher, lecturer, author and activist, is still going strong...

250th Anniversary of Chief Pontiac's Council Commemoration Ceremonies

Tish Leizens

4/19/13

Excitement has been building for this month’s 10-day historical celebration commemorating the 250th anniversary of Chief Pontiac’s call for a council along the Ecorse River in sout...

Mixed Emotions Over Wounded Knee Massacre Site Being For Sale

ICTMN Staff

3/30/13

James A. Czywczynski of Rapid City, South Dakota bought the 40-acre plot where the Wounded Knee massacre occurred, in 1968...

Sovereignty and Slime

Steve Russell

3/28/13

The interplay between law and language is fascinating. “Blood quantum” started without the modern racist connotations in early English cases involving inheritance from a particular person rather than from a racially defined category of persons....

Mary Brave Bird, Author of Lakota Woman, Walks On

David P. Ball

3/14/13

American Indian activist, author and educator Mary Ellen Brave Bird-Richard walked on at age 58 on February 14, of natural causes...

Social Movement Idling

Charles Kader

3/10/13

In speaking with a number of social activists recently, I have been noting a widening trend into their statements and what they have been seeing in their own “theatres of operation.” They report witnessing the highest levels of exhibited frustration in both younger, as well as more seasoned gener...

Frank Lamere Remembers 1999 Whiteclay Protest While Honoring Russell Means

Frank Lamere

3/1/13

On February 27, Frank Lamere gave the following speech during an honoring celebration of Russell Means coinciding with the 40 th anniversary of the start of the 1973 occupation of ...

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