American Indian Movement papers, 1973-1996.

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American Indian Movement papers, 1973-1996.

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The collection contains correspondence, news clippings, articles, audio and video tapes, and other memorabilia, as well as Anderson's FBI files, requested under the Freedom of Information Act. The collection dates from the Wounded Knee occupation in 1973 until 1996, focusing on Native American and indigenous issues emphasizing the American Indian Movement's activities and personalities including Leonard Peltier and his legal defense, Russell Means, Dennis Banks, Anna Mae Aquash, Robert Robideau, Vernon and Clyde Bellecourt. The collection also references Native American perspectives on the Columbian Quincentenary and other issues. The United States counter-intelligence operations, and the "workings" of the F.B.I. are illuminated via the collection. Audio tapes in the collection consist of recordings made during and about the Wounded Knee occupation, as well as a recorded talk by Russell Means. Audio tapes of the 20 year reunion of Vietnam Veterans Against the War present at the Wounded Knee Occupation are restricted. Copies of audio tapes for patron use are in box 3 of the collection.

3 boxes (1.3 cu. ft.)

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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SNAC Resource ID: 7634706

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Means, Russell, 1939-2012

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Russell Charles Means (born Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, November 10, 1939-died Rapid City, South Dakota, October 22, 2012) was an Oglala Lakota activist for the rights of Native Americans, libertarian political activist, actor, musician, and writer. He became a prominent member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) after joining the organization in 1968 and helped organize notable events that attracted national and international media coverage....

Bellecourt, Vernon

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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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The FBI established this classification when it assumed responsibility for ascertaining the protection capabilities and weaknesses of defense plants. Each plant survey was a separate case file, with the survey, supplemental surveys, and all communications dealing with a plant insofar as plant protection was concerned, filed together. On June 1, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the Navy and Army, respectively, assumed responsibility for surveying defense plants in which they had interests. Thereafter, ...

Robideau, Robert E.

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Peltier, Leonard.

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Aquash, Anna Mae, 1945-1975

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Annie Mae Aquash, also known as Naguset Eask, (b. March 27, 1945, Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia-d. circa mid-December 1975) was a First Nations activist from Nova Scotia, Canada, who moved to Boston in the 1960s and joined American Indians in education and resistance. She was part of the American Indian Movement in the Wounded Knee incident at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, United States in 1973. Aquash participated in the 1972 Trail of Broken Treaties and occupation of the Department of Inte...

Bellecourt, Clyde H. (Clyde Howard), 1936-

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Anderson, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1944-

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Robert L. Anderson (b. 1944), educator, community leader, and Vietnam Veteran, has been at the center of progressive, political activism on many fronts. Anderson is a member of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and along with four other members, was present at the 1973 occupation of the Pine Ridge Reservation, supporting the American Indian Movement. From the description of American Indian Movement papers, 1973-1996. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 510...

Leonard Peltier Defense Committee

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Vietnam veterans against the war

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The founders were former servicemen and servicewomen who served in Vietnam and who opposed the United States government's policy during the Vietnamese Conflict, sometimes in the face of public apathy, indifference and even hostility and harassment. They testified in the 1971 Winter Soldier Investigation as to the extent of atrocities against Viet Cong prisoners, civilians, and illegal border incursions into noncombatant countries. From the description of Collection, 1967-[ongoing]. (...

American Indian Movement

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The American Indian Movement (AIM) is an American Indian advocacy group in the United States, founded in July 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota....