​American Indian Movement-West

Bill Means, Lakota, speaking at AIM West Nov. 2013. Part I. Recorded by Brenda Norrell Censored News. Read more at Censored News www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com

Opening the AIM West Conference at the California Institute of Integral Studies with the AIM anthem and the history of the song by movement elder Bill Means

Antonio Gonzales, AIM-West Director and colleagues present the indigenous case to reporters at the UN.

Cihuapilli Rose Amador interviews Antonio Gonzales, American Indian Movement, West Director.

AIM-WEST attended Santa Clara City Council Tuesday November 4th requesting The Bay Area Coalition Against Racism in Sports (BACARS) be on its next agenda, November 18, 2014. Because the NFL Washington team has a slur mascot name and logo and because Santa Clara is playing the 49ers on Sunday November 23rd, and because the city is hosting the game, the BACARS calls on the City Council to support our efforts for a name change and to support our endeavors to that end.

Rose Amador interviews Antonio Gonzales of the American Indian Movement West Director.

Indigenous Youth document the achievements of the First Indigenous Peoples' delegates at the United Nations / La juventud indígena documenta los logros de los primeros delegados de los Pueblos Indígenas en las Naciones Unidas / La jeunesse autochtone documente les succès des premiers délégués des peuples autochtones à l'ONU / Молодежь из числа коренного населения запечатляет достижения первых делегатов от коренных народов в Организации Объединенных Наций

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The AIM Victory Song at AIM West 2013. Recorded by Censored News. More at www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com

American Indian Movement West director, Tony Gonzales talk about the controversy surrounding racist mascots at a Giants Indians baseball game.

Bill Means remembers Dennis Banks in his address at the annual Alcatraz Island sunrise ceremony. Banks, the AIM co-founder in 1968, died on October 29, 2017. On behalf of the Irish Republican Movement I would like to add our respects to the family of our comrade Dennis Banks. He traveled to Ireland on numerous occasions to support our struggle and it was greatly appreciated. May his soul rest in peace! Riobeard O'Ceallaigh & Gerry Adams

Guest speaker Dennis Banks, author of Ojibwa Warrior, shares his story. Paducah 2 Television is produced through the facilities and administration of West Kentucky Community and Technical College.

Len Foster, spiritual advisor for Leonard Peltier speaks out

Clips of MLPA meeting and protest Ira Cambell Jimbo Simmons and a few Sisters (sorry couldn't spell names will correct shortly)

Bill Means and Clyde Bellecourt call for a national conference of the American Indian Movement to be held in San Francisco during the third week of November, 2010. Recorded November 25th, 2009 at the AIM Fall Conference in San Francisco, California. Video by Mary Ellen Churchill

Short excerpt from the documentary "El Salvador: I Want My People To Live/El Turno Del Ofendido", directed by Adrian Carrasco Zanini. Produced by Adrian Carrasco Zanini and AIM-West. Executive Producers Tony Gonzales and Mary Ellen Churchill. The documentary focuses on the role of the indigenous people of El Salvador in the landmark 2009 national elections that saw the leftist FMLN take power for the first time. Full 30 minute film on DVD can be ordered from http://www.aimwest.info

American Indian Movement co-founder Clyde Bellecourt talks about boarding school abuse, his time in prison, and surviving an assassination attempt. Filmed in November 2009 at the AIM Fall Conference in San Francisco by Mary Ellen Churchill. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fhxTB5gOPE Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0twMj9Xch8 Part3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYDfFJicR5M Part4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlRgWkuHllQ Part5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYrUEAcseaY Part6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GQJ1G1sVJU

American Indian Movement co-founder Clyde Bellecourt talks about boarding school abuse, his time in prison, and surviving an assassination attempt. Filmed in November 2009 at the AIM Fall Conference in San Francisco by Mary Ellen Churchill. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fhxTB5gOPE Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0twMj9Xch8 Part3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYDfFJicR5M Part4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlRgWkuHllQ Part5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYrUEAcseaY Part6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GQJ1G1sVJU

American Indian Movement co-founder Clyde Bellecourt talks about boarding school abuse, his time in prison, and surviving an assassination attempt. Filmed in November 2009 at the AIM Fall Conference in San Francisco by Mary Ellen Churchill. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fhxTB5gOPE Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0twMj9Xch8 Part3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYDfFJicR5M Part4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlRgWkuHllQ Part5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYrUEAcseaY Part6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GQJ1G1sVJU

American Indian Movement co-founder Clyde Bellecourt talks about boarding school abuse, his time in prison, and surviving an assassination attempt. Filmed in November 2009 at the AIM Fall Conference in San Francisco by Mary Ellen Churchill. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fhxTB5gOPE Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0twMj9Xch8 Part3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYDfFJicR5M Part4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlRgWkuHllQ Part5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYrUEAcseaY Part6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GQJ1G1sVJU

American Indian Movement co-founder Clyde Bellecourt talks about boarding school abuse, his time in prison, and surviving an assassination attempt. Filmed in November 2009 at the AIM Fall Conference in San Francisco by Mary Ellen Churchill. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fhxTB5gOPE Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0twMj9Xch8 Part3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYDfFJicR5M Part4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlRgWkuHllQ Part5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYrUEAcseaY Part6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GQJ1G1sVJU

American Indian Movement co-founder Clyde Bellecourt talks about boarding school abuse, his time in prison, and surviving an assassination attempt. Filmed in November 2009 at the AIM Fall Conference in San Francisco by Mary Ellen Churchill. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fhxTB5gOPE Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0twMj9Xch8 Part3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYDfFJicR5M Part4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlRgWkuHllQ Part5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYrUEAcseaY Part6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GQJ1G1sVJU

Mark Maracle from the Mohawk Warriors Society discusses self determination, the fictitious european borders in North America and armed resistance against the U.S. and Canadian governments. Filmed by Mary Ellen Churchill on November 25th at the 2009 AIM Fall Conference in San Francisco. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gk79uV1Y-U Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60rXzpEk1RQ

Mark Maracle from the Mohawk Warriors Society discusses self determination, the fictitious european borders in North America and armed resistance against the U.S. and Canadian governments. Filmed by Mary Ellen Churchill on November 25th at the 2009 AIM Fall Conference in San Francisco. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gk79uV1Y-U Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60rXzpEk1RQ

Anne Marie Sayers (Ohlone) talks about what it means to be federally unrecognized. She also discusses the unique challenges of California Native people. Filmed by Mary Ellen Churchill at the AIM Fall Conference in San Francisco on November 25th, 2009.

American Indian Movement elder Len Foster (Dineh) gives an update on Leonard Peltier's health and his current situation. Filmed by Mary Ellen Churchill on November 25th at the 2009 AIM Fall Conference in San Francisco.

American Indian Movement activist and elder Jean White Horse discusses her experience at Indian boarding school, the government relocation program, and the occupation of Alcatraz. She also talks about what it was like to become a victim of the U.S. Government's policy of sterilization of Native women in the early 1970s. Video by Mary Ellen Churchill. Filmed in San Francisco, California, November 23rd, 2009. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkIRkaBmmwo Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87C513-G_Xo Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtX7zVc6Zus

American Indian Movement activist and elder Jean White Horse discusses her experience at Indian boarding school, the government relocation program, and the occupation of Alcatraz. She also talks about what it was like to become a victim of the U.S. Government's policy of sterilization of Native women in the early 1970s. Video by Mary Ellen Churchill. Filmed in San Francisco, California, November 23rd, 2009. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkIRkaBmmwo Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87C513-G_Xo Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtX7zVc6Zus

Yvonne Swan (Colville) speaks at the 2009 AIM Fall Conference in San Francisco. She discusses termination, relocation, and the events surrounding her famous trial in the early 1970s. In 1973, Yvonne Swan (then known as Yvonne Wanrow) was convicted of murder and assault for killing a man that tried to molest her son. Her trial (and subsequent retrial) resulted in the landmark ruling regarding a woman's right to self-defense against harm to herself or her child. Video by Mary Ellen Churchill. November 23, 2009.

Yvonne Swan (Colville) speaks at the 2009 AIM Fall Conference in San Francisco. She discusses termination, relocation, and the events surrounding her famous trial in the early 1970s. In 1973, Yvonne Swan (then known as Yvonne Wanrow) was convicted of murder and assault for killing a man that tried to molest her son. Her trial (and subsequent retrial) resulted in the landmark ruling regarding a woman's right to self-defense against harm to herself or her child. Video by Mary Ellen Churchill. November 23, 2009.