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- Today marks the anniversary of AIM's formation in 1968. Dennis Banks co-founded it in response to other civil rights movements in the country.
- Thank god for Dennis Banks and AIM. Before its existence, people were ashamed to be Indian!
- Did you know the police would arrest Indians without cause and throw them into something called a paddy wagon?!
- That's police brutality! But I heard AIM marched against the police, which helped stop police brutality.
- AIM's goal was simple: For Indians to stop being treated unequally. They did not want to cause trouble, the trouble was already there!
- I agree. They had specific demands. They wanted to bring back their old ways and demonstrate who they were.
- You're right. They wanted to have a review of the Dick Wilson administration, and to oversight the hearings for the 1851 and 1868 treaties.
- Don't forget about the US senate investigation on treatment of Indians!
- It is crazy how over 2,000 Indians came to support the movement. That feels like a lot since the movement just started at the time.
- Religion is a powerful thing. It is like when the Ghost Dance flourished, it was a way of keeping the cultures alive.
- Yes, and AIM continues to be a spiritual movement that returns Indians to their traditional ways!
- A movement needs to happen in order for a change to occur.
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