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-There is NO putting eachother down (i.e. name calling). This is a group to teach others and for others to learn more. If you don't have anything nice to say that don't say nothing at all.
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-No swearing or useing profanity. If this is you than do it on your own time. This group is to be appropriate for everyones ears.
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-Feel free to post topics. We always want to hear what you have to say. If you are not sure about the topic than feel free to ask.
-Feel free to post picture in the group photo album (make sure there appropriate).
-EVERYONE IS WELCOME. No matter your ethnicity or background. Everyones opinion is appreciated.
WHAT IS THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT?
Things will never be same again and that is what the American Indian Movement is about ...
They are respected by many, hated by some, but they are never ignored ...
They are the catalyst for Indian Sovereignty ...
They intend to raise questions in the minds of all, questions that have gone to sleep in the minds of Indians and non-Indian alike ...
From the outside, AIM people are tough people, they had to be ...
AIM was born out of the dark violence of police brutality and voiceless despair of Indian people in the courts of Minneapolis, Minnesota ...
AIM was born because a few knew that it was enough, enough to endure for themselves and all others like them who were people without power or rights ...
AIM people have known the insides of jails; the long wait; the no appeal of the courts for Indians, because many of them were there ...
From the inside AIM people are cleansing themselves; many have returned to the old traditional religions of their tribes, away from the confused notions of a society that has made them slaves of their own unguided lives ...
AIM is first, a spiritual movement, a religious re-birth, and then the re-birth of dignity and pride in a people ...
AIM succeeds because they have beliefs to act upon ...
The American Indian Movement is attempting to connect the realities of the past with the promise of tomorrow ...
They are people in a hurry, because they know that the dignity of a person can be snuffed by despair and a belt in a cell of a city jail ...
They know that the deepest hopes of the old people could die with them ...
They know that the Indian way is not tolerated in White America, because it is not acknowledged as a decent way to be ...
Sovereignty, Land, and Culture cannot endure if a people is not left in peace ...
The American Indian Movement is then, the Warriors Class of this century, who are bound to the bond of the Drum, who vote with their bodies instead of their mouths ... THEIR BUSINESS IS HOPE.
Words and thoughts by Birgil Kills Straight,
Oglala Lakota Nation.
Author, Richard LaCourse, Director,
American Indian Press Association 1973
The National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media
exists to fight the powerful influence of major media who choose to promulgate messages of oppression. The impetus which formed NCRSM was the clear case of media coupling imagery with widely held misconceptions of American Indians in the form of sports team identities resulting in racial, cultural, and spiritual stereotyping. NCRSM formed in October of 1991 at a meeting of American Indian dignitaries and activists held at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota. NCRSM, while best known for its front-line demonstrations outside sports stadiums across America has been responsible for an educational effort which has made the issue of racial stereotyping a household discussion. NCRSM takes a long term view of the struggle against learned hatred and disrespect. We are in a fight for the very soul of the United States against long ingrained willful and self serving ignorance. Components of major media which from public and government opinion includes: film vido, sports entertainment, and educational institutions, publications, news organization, television, cable satellite, internet, retail practices and merchandising, marketing and radio.
1973 - Members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), together with a number of local and traditional Native Americans begin a 72-day occupation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, the site of the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children. The AIM goal was to protest injustices against their tribes, violations of the many treaties, and abuses and repression of their people. The U.S. responded with a military-style assault against the protesters.
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MESSAGE FROM LEONARD PELTIER:
Greetings My Relatives:
I say relatives for we are all related in some way. Each year I make
statements commemorating the Oglala incident or the anniversary of my
imprisonment. Sometimes sitting here in my cell, looking through my
glasses, they no longer take the blur away like they once did. I think
about the lifetimes I've spent behind these walls. Sometimes for a
prisoner, it's like you've died to your friends and family. The only
difference is that you can talk to them on occasion and sometimes see them.
I have spent my life trying to make a difference in the world, for the
better. Sometimes someone notices in some way and says thank you for
something I was involved with. However my greatest joy comes from someone
saying that something I said or was involved with inspired them to be better
than they were or seek for themselves to make the world a better place. I
remember in my youth that I had a hard time expressing deep feelings but
after years of losing friends and relatives who were very close to me, I
have come to cherish the opportunity to speak to you even though it be by
letter or some other way.
This is the second statement I've written today. My first was quite
political in nature but after thinking about it I realized most of you get
to read the same papers, watch the same news channels that I do. When
you're 30 you can hardly imagine dying. When you're 61 you know it's
entirely possible and could come anytime. Having said that I want to say a
few things from my heart to your heart.
Seek the creator in all the things you do. Cherish your time with one
another. Develop your personal self discipline, which is the key to all
success. Develop a sense of happiness within you that none can take away.
Develop who you are and remain true to your higher self and your integrity
will be an inspiration to others. Show your strengths when necessary, even
if it is in being gentle or humble. Speak of others in private the same way
you would in their presence. Do your best to find the good in all people
and stand and speak up against wrong doing. Respect the earth where you
stand. Many parts of Mother Earth are also held captive behind concrete and
steel. Do your best to recognize inspiration from the Creator and avoid
listening to your own, especially when you are tempted in contradiction of
your higher values. Never be too proud to say you were wrong or too fearful
to stand up for what you know is right. Don't expect to not get hurt by
life, just because you've done your best to do what's right. Especially -
don't lose your sense of humor, even when the laughter is at your own
expense.
Life is a learning place. Existence is forever. Challenges are only
challenges because life has given you an opportunity to grow in an area of
your fear or weakness. Perhaps I've talked too much, eh? I want to thank
all of you for remembering me. Most of all I want to thank all of you who
have chosen to make a difference for the betterment of this world.
I know we don't all have the same capabilities or resources and I know from
experience and history that there will always be those who would commit
injustice against others. I know this is the way of things in the past and
it will continue in the future. But I also know that if has touched our
hearts to do so, we must each, in our own way, in our own time, be part of
the cure against the sicknesses of greed, wealth mongering and nature
destruction that faces all mankind. We can't individually stop it or even
collectively, however, we can sure slow it up and, pray to the Creator that
his intervention will prevail.
Seriously, know that I love you and that you will be in my prayers. Thirty
years ago on February 6th, or March 6th, I would hardly have been able to
express these feelings. I thank you for your patience, your time, your
support, and your loyalty and for allowing me to share this existence with
you. As someone once said, we are all climbing the same mountain, just from
different sides.
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse,
Mitakuye oyasin!
Leonard Peltier
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