Black and white photograph of an AIM-organized Forum on Police Brutality, ca. 1968.

AIM-organized Forum on Police Brutality

A woman at a podium speaks into a microphone as audience members look on, ca. 1968. Photograph by Roger Woo, courtesy of the American Indian Movement Interpretative Center.

Black and white photograph of the first board members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), 1968.

First AIM board members, 1968

The first board members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), 1968. Photograph by Roger Woo, courtesy of the American Indian Movement Interpretative Center.

AIM Patrol, Minneapolis

Formed in August of 1968, the American Indian Movement Patrol (AIM Patrol) was a citizens’ patrol created in response to police brutality against Native Americans in Minneapolis. Patrollers observed officers’ interactions with Native people and offered mediators that community members could call on for help. As of 2016, a similar but separate group operates under the same name.

Color image of American Indian women gathering rice, 1849–1855. Drawing by Seth Eastman.

Gathering wild rice

American Indian women gathering rice, 1849–1855. Drawing by Seth Eastman.This was an early version of one of Eastman’s paintings for the House Committee on Indian Affairs.

Eastman, Seth (1808–1875)

Seth Eastman was a painter and soldier best known for his depictions of the everyday life of Dakota and Ojibwe people around Fort Snelling in the 1840s. He stands out among other nineteenth-century American artists—particularly those who also painted American Indian people—because of his commitment to realism. Unlike his peers, Eastman mostly avoided romanticizing the Native people with whom he lived.

Color image of a pipe quarry pit, Pipestone National Monument, 2009. Photograph by the National Park Service.

Pipe quarry pit, Pipestone National Monument

Pipe quarry pit, Pipestone National Monument, 2009. Photograph by the National Park Service.

Black and white photograph of Native people at Pipestone quarry, 1893.

Native people at Pipestone quarry

Native people at Pipestone quarry, 1893.

Color image of Standing Eagle working the sacred pipestone in a quarry at the Pipestone National Monument, ca. 1970.

Standing Eagle working the sacred pipestone

Standing Eagle working the sacred pipestone in a quarry at the Pipestone National Monument, ca. 1970.

Black and white photograph of a temporary camp at Pipestone Quarry, ca. 1890s. Photograph by F.O. Pease.

Temporary camp at Pipestone Quarry

Temporary camp at Pipestone Quarry, ca. 1890. Photograph by F.O. Pease.

Color image of a Pipestone pipe bowl, ca. 1941.

Pipestone pipe bowl

Pipestone pipe bowl, ca. 1941.

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