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PORCUPINE, S.D. (AP) - Russell Means, a former American Indian Movement activist who led the 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee, says he has inoperable throat cancer.The 71-year-old said doctors told...
...sensitive to and doesn't take seriously Native American thought and feelings," said Corine Fairbanks of the American Indian Movement. In Arizona, tensions flared over a craggy mountain in Phoenix that was historically named Squaw Peak. A former...
...was connected to the resort industry through family. It was a time of turbulence. Dennis Bands started the American Indian Movement from White Earth, even as quasi-fascistic groups like Protect American Rights and Resources waged war with...
...in response to the commission's report, according to Burrus. Vernon Bellecourt of the Minneapolis-based American Indian Movement said the report is a ''good start'' but that it ''certainly doesn't hurt our credibility. A lot of these...
...Leech Lake Indian Reservation, off the front lines of activism and trying his hand in the business world. The American Indian Movement leader has formed a company where one of the main product lines is maple syrup. An official with a national...
...robbery suspect into the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. A shootout erupted with activists from the American Indian Movement. Two suspects were acquitted and a third freed for lack of evidence. Peltier, after fleeing to Canada and...
...ever supportive of native populations. His is the cause of the Huaorani Indians of the Amazon, as well as the American Indian Movement. Each photograph comes with a story. "Dick can tell you how he got the close-up of the military man, what...
...PINE RIDGE, S.D. -- As a young man, Russell Means picked up the gun and became a militant symbol of the American Indian Movement, but today, at age 63, he preaches that the ballot is more powerful than the bullet. Nearly 30 years have...
...Anderson said in a statement. Vernon Bellecourt, director of international relations for the Minneapolis-based American Indian Movement, said Anderson "seems to be quite capable." "Obviously, Dave Anderson is a very successful entrepreneur...
...or nine people who conspired and ambushed him could be on trial," said Vernon Bellecourt, a founder of the American Indian Movement in Minneapolis. "My grandson was victimized with a rush to judgment and he was victimized again here tonight...