What The American Indian Movement

America Always Put Forth This Phony Melting Pot Theory, But It's A Reality Now. They Couldn't Accomplish The Melting Pot Economically; They Couldn't Accomplish It Politically, Or Through Education And Science. But America Has Become A Consumer Society, And I See Young People In The Cities - Of All Colors And Races - Hanging Out Together Over Consumerism.

Even Though The American Indian Movement On A National-international Scale Has Proven To Be Extremely Dysfunctional, The American Indian Movement I Was Associated With I'm Very Proud Of. We Were A Revolutionary, Militant Organization Whose Purpose Was Spirituality First, And That's How I Want To Be Remembered.

Before Aim, Indians Were Dispirited, Defeated, And Culturally Dissolving. People Were Ashamed To Be Indian. You Didn't See The Young People Wearing Braids Or Chokers Or Ribbon Shirts In Those Days. Hell, I Didn't Wear 'em. People Didn't Sun Dance, They Didn't Sweat, They Were Losing Their Languages. Then There Was That Spark At Alcatraz, And We Took Off. Man, We Took A Ride Across This Country. We Put Indians And Indian Rights Smack Dab In The Middle Of The Public Consciousness For The First Time Since The So-called Indian Wars.

'indian Policy' Has Now Been Brought Down Upon The American People, And The American People Are The New Indians Of The 21st Century.

You Can't Talk About The Environment, You Can't Talk About Political Correctness, Affirmative Action And All The Other Innumerable Things That Freedom Is About, Unless You Have A Free Society Based Upon The Integrity Of The Individual. If You Have A Responsible Society, These Other Issues Will Not Come Up In A Responsible Society, And That Is What Freedom Is All About.