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This category includes Native Americans in the United States who are activists for various causes. For activists on behalf of the rights of Native Americans, see Category:Activists for Native American rights .
The American Indian Movement (AIM) is an American Indian grassroots movement which was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in July 1968, [1] initially centered in urban areas in order to address systemic issues of poverty, discrimination, and police brutality against American Indians. [2]
Annie Mae Aquash (Mi'kmaq name Naguset Eask) (March 27, 1945 – mid-December 1975 [1] [2]) was a First Nations activist and Mi'kmaq tribal member from Nova Scotia, Canada. . Aquash moved to Boston in the 1960s and joined other First Nations and Indigenous Americans focused on education, resistance, and police brutality against urban Indigenous peo
Inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, Native American activists in the late 1960s formed the Red Power Movement, built on principles of self-determination and cultural pride.
This category is for people of any ancestry who have worked to secure civil and human rights for Native Americans. For Native American individuals who are activists, regardless of the issue/s they are focused on, see Category:Native American activists.
Nathan Phillips (born February 22, 1954), also known as Sky Man, is an Omaha Native American political activist known for his role in the 2019 Lincoln Memorial confrontation in Washington, D.C. Early life
Lyda Conley (1874–1946), Wyandot activist and first Native American woman admitted to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court [25] Crystalyne Curley, first female speaker of the Navajo Nation Council [26] Ada Deer (1935–2023), Menominee activist and the first Native American woman to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs [27]
While sympathetic toward Native Americans and expressing regret over the past, most people had only a vague understanding of the problems facing Native Americans today. For their part, Native Americans told researchers that they believed they continued to face prejudice and mistreatment in the broader society. [13]