🎥 Today in U.S. History 🇺🇸 In early November 1972, Native activists from the American Indian Movement (AIM) launched the Trail of Broken Treaties — a powerful protest demanding Native sovereignty and justice. 🪶 They marched across the country and occupied the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C., bringing national attention to broken treaties, poor living conditions, and the call for Indigenous self-determination. ✊🏽 Their courage sparked lasting change and awareness for Native righ

Clyde Bellecourt, activist, cofounder of the American Indian Movement (AIM), citizen of the White Earth Nation of Ojibwe and longtime champion of Native American rights has passed away. As we remember Clyde, hear him reflect on the the founding of AIM and its growth over the past 50 years with this video of him from 2018. | Minnesota Historical Society

American Indian Movement members perform their honor song today as part of Tampa's Black Lives Matter protest at Fred Ball Park. The song was originally meant for the family of Raymond Yellow Thunder, a Native man who was killed by white men in 1972 in Nebraska. In thanks for their support, the family gifted the song to AIM, which performs it to honor indigenous people killed by police. The grassroots movement with chapters across the nation was founded in part to address police brutality in 196