Word: aims
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...AIM demanded that Rogers C.B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior, return full control of the BIA to Bruce. Morton responded by relieving Bruce of his post as Indian Commissioner. AIM considers Morton's action a direct slap in the face...
Bruce, a full-blooded Indian, came under fire from the Nixon administration for remaining in the BIA building during the takeover. AIM leaders respect Bruce, but they think Crow is an Interior Department bureaucrat appointed to "watch" Bruce...
After Washington, AIM shifted from a political setting to a symbolical one. On February 27, the militant group seized Wounded Knee. During the long takeover, the Interior Department had little input into the situation. Interior spokesmen refused to take part in the negotiations unless the Indians put aside their guns...
...struggle between reservation Indians and non-reservation Indians, between Indians co-opted by the government and those who remain outside the government's grasp, erupted again at Wounded Knee. AIM asked for more than adherence to the 1868 Laramie treaty-it asked for the young Oglala to remember that Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull died at the hands of Indian police working for the U.S. government...
...most day-to-day administrative tasks, the board's members-there are usually about ten-set the direction for E4A's activities and philosophy. Some guidance is provided by an Advisory Board of faculty, students, and alumni chosen for their involvement in education and social action. But E4A's aim is to provide organizational and policy-making experience for undergraduates, and a student-run structure sensitive to the needs of the students involved with...