'Custer Died for Your Sins' - By Vine Deloria Jr.
This website features a PDF of “Custer Died for Your Sins,” By Vine Deloria, Jr.
A Brief History of the American Indian Movement (AIM) - Also Known as the Red Power Movement
In the 30 years of its formal history, the American Indian Movement (AIM), also known as the Red Power Movement, has given witness to a great many changes. It is referred as formal history, because the movement existed for 500 years without a name. The leaders and members of today's AIM never fail to remember all of those who have traveled on before, having given their talent and their lives for the survival of the people. At the core of the movement is Indian leadership under the direction of NeeGawNwayWeeDun, Clyde H. Bellecourt, and others. Making steady progress, the movement has transformed policy making into programs and organizations that have served Indian people in many communities. These policies have consistently been made in consultation with spiritual leaders and elders. The success of these efforts is indisputable, but perhaps even greater than the accomplishments is the vision defining what AIM stands for. The movement was founded to turn the attention of Indian people toward a renewal of spirituality which would impart the strength of resolve needed to reverse the ruinous policies of the United States, Canada, and other colonialist governments of Central and South America. At the heart of AIM is deep spirituality and a belief in the connectedness of all Indian people.
American Indian Activism and the Rise of the Red Power Movement
Throughout history, Native American Indians have fought for their rights, their land, and their well-being. Often times those fights took the form of physical confrontations, but equally as frequently, they fought in courtrooms and on paper. This paper shows how Native American activism in the mid-twentieth century used all of these different methods, and was irrevocably influenced by the atmosphere of the world in which they were taking place. The paper also explores how the sociopolitical environment of post-World War II America provided the necessary catalyst for Native American activism. Combined with the sociopolitical atmosphere of the civil rights era, this led to the development of the Red Power Movement.
Framing Red Power: The American Indian Movement, Trail of Broken Treaties & Politics of Media
This 2009 study explores the relationship between the American Indian Movement (AIM), national newspaper and television media, and the Trail of Broken Treaties caravan in November 1972. The study views the way media framed, or interpreted, AIM's motivations and objectives. The intellectual and political currents present in the 1960s, including the ideas of Vine Deloria, Jr., and the successes of the Civil Rights Movement; influenced the development of AIM's ideas about militant tactics and the role media played in social movements.
Myths and Realities Of Tribal Sovereignty: The Law and Economics Of Indian Self-Rule
Authors of this 2004 paper state the last three decades have witnessed a remarkable resurgence of the American Indian nations in the United States as a direct result from the exercise of American Indian self-government - sovereignty - by the more than 560 federally-recognized tribes in the United States. In this 2004 study, legal and economic dimensions of current perceptions of debates are explored over the nature and extent of tribal self-rule in the United States. The objective is to clarify, address, and illuminate key threads of thought and assumption that pervades accurately, or inaccurately, by distinguishing between myth and reality within the public policy arena. Download PDF
Schooling for Self-Determination: Research on the Effects of Including Native Language and Culture in the Schools
This January 2002 Digest briefly reviews the educational effects of assimilationist schooling and later efforts to create schools supportive of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) self-determination.
Termination and Relocation
After World War II there was a conservative rejection of Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier's policies and return to Assimilationist polices. Where Collier had sought to strengthen tribal self-government, Congress in the 1950s sought to terminate Indian reservations and end any special status for American Indians. This resource reviews this period of termination and relocation.
What Are Some Facts About the Red Power Movement?
This reference.com website states the Red Power movement refers to efforts by Native Americans in the 1960s and 1970s to improve their social and economic conditions. The groups involved in this movement include the American Indian Movement, the Lakota Freedom Movement, the National Council on Indian Opportunity and the National Indian Youth Council. The Red Power movement arose in response to social and economic conditions Native Americans faced in the mid-20th century.
What is the Red Power Movement? (VIDEO)
This 2017 video focuses on the Red Power Movement of the 1970s established the roots for the resistance at Standing Rock. This video further explains how a new generation of Native American Indian activists were emboldened by the efforts of African-Americans during the Civil Rights Movement.
