American Indian Movement

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  12/2/2020
  

  Eddie Benton-Banai, Co-Founder of American Indian Movement, Dies Aged 89

  One of the founders of the American Indian Movement has died. Eddie Benton-Banai came to focus his activism more on education and the preservation of indigenous heritage than the militant tactics of other AIM leaders, but was key to the movement's growth. 

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• SOURCE: The Metropole (Urban History Association)
  10/13/2020
  

  “Where The Waters Reflect The Clouds”: Examining Minnesota’s Indigenous History

  by Katrina Phillips

  "Recent events have forced Minneapolitans and Minnesotans to reckon with the state’s treatment of historically excluded populations. For the original inhabitants of what’s now Minneapolis, though, resistance and activism are nothing new."

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• 7/26/2020
  

  Mankato’s Hanging Monument Excluded Indigenous Perspectives when it was Erected and when it was Removed

  by John Legg

  Both while it stood and when its presence became inconvenient, the Hanging Monument shows how memorials control historical narratives and elevate particular interpretations of the past.