Resources
Below are videos my students will view and discuss to connect with the AIM leaders in my unit.
From the C-SPAN Video Library - Mr. Means harshly criticizes the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian leadership of reservations. 1989 – American Indian Activist Russell Means testifies at Senate Hearing. This was his first of six appearances on C-SPAN. Begin 1:42:20 to 2:19:12 for Means addressing the Senate. Entire Hearing: https://www.c-span.org/video/?5987-1/...
Storied 1968: American Indian Movement. http://www.mnhs.org/historycenter/act... AIM—the American Indian Movement—begin in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 28, 1968. It started taking form when 200 people from the Indian community turned out for a meeting called by Native American community activists led by George Mitchell, Dennis Banks, and Clyde Bellecourt. Learn from one of the co-founders, Clyde Bellecourt, about the movement and its growth over the past 50 years. Much of the still photography in this piece was taken by Dick Bancroft, author of “We Are Still Here: A Photographic History of the American Indian Movement.” Bancroft recently passed away at the age of 90. He was a longtime chronicler of the Indigenous plight and esteemed MNHS Press published author. The remaining images are courtesy of the American Indian Movement Interpretive Center. To learn more about the event of 1968, be sure to visit the 1968 Exhibit at the Minnesota History Center.
US History Lesson 7: Native American Civil Rights – Termination Policy and AIM. SS.912.A.7.9: Examines the similarities of social movements (Native Americans, Hispanics, women, antiwar protesters) of the 1960s and 1970s. All images and narration are used strictly for educational purposes. https://youtu.be/7EdeDP9uBFA
National History Day 2018 – Centuries of Broken Treaties: The American Indian Movement https://youtu.be/aS2zavkC47w
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