tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post6828062142847288005..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Review of Native Nations: Standing TogetherRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-6023708931784804832008-11-24T02:21:00.000-08:002008-11-24T02:21:00.000-08:00A slight clarification of your slight clarificatio...A slight clarification of your slight clarification: AIM existed before Alcatraz and AIM members participated at Alcatraz. Although AIM didn't initiate the occupation, it's not unreasonable to call it one of AIM's activities.<BR/><BR/>http://www.jour.unr.edu/outpost/community/com.banks.alcatraz.html<BR/><BR/>"AIM had already been formed since '68, and (AIM cofounder) George Mitchell called me early in the morning and he asked me if I'd read the paper yet, and I said no. 'Read it,' he says. Within three or four days, we got a delegation of about 30 people together, and we came out here.<BR/><BR/>http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/mickeyz191105.html<BR/><BR/>The fledgling American Indian Movement (AIM) visited the occupiers and soon began a series of their own occupations across America. <BR/><BR/>http://turtle-island.com/docu.html<BR/><BR/>Mr. Banks openly discussed the history and formation of AIM; the "Un-Thanksgiving" memorial/protest; as well as the occupation of Alcatraz and AIM's brief involvement and moral support of the occupation.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-62828612920743109482008-11-22T12:33:00.000-08:002008-11-22T12:33:00.000-08:00Minor point: Alcatraz was not an AIM action. It wa...Minor point: Alcatraz was not an AIM action. It was spearheaded by a group called "Indians of All Tribes". Future AIM leaders were there, like John Trudell, but this preceded their involvement in AIM.gaZelbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17091242140761349678noreply@blogger.com