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American Indian Movement (AIM) button

American Indian Movement (AIM) button from the AIM powwow held at the Minneapolis American Indian Center, December 29, 1990.

American Indian Movement (AIM) button

American Indian Movement (AIM) button from the AIM powwow at the Minneapolis American Indian Center, December 29, 1990.

American Indian Movement (AIM) button

American Indian Movement (AIM) protest button from Wounded Knee, 1974.

American Indian Movement (AIM)

The American Indian Movement (AIM), founded by grassroots activists in Minneapolis in 1968, first sought to improve conditions for Native Americans who had recently moved to cities. It grew into an international movement whose goals included the full restoration of tribal sovereignty and treaty rights. Through a long campaign of “confrontation politics,” AIM is often credited with restoring hope to Native peoples.

Hormel strike button

Local P-9 Hormel strike button worn by member of the United Foods and Commercial Workers International Union, Local P-9, to protest at the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota, 1985–1986.

Hormel strike button

Hormel strike button worn by a member of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local P-9, to protest at the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota, 1985–1986.

Hormel strike button

Hormel strike button worn by a member of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local P-9, to protest at the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota, 1985–1986.

Hormel strike sign

Local P-9 Hormel strike picket sign used by Vernon P. Gavin, a member of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local P-9, to protest at the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota, 1985–1986.