2022 NAHM QUIZ 2: American Indian Movement (AIM)

_____ is a grassroots movement for Indigenous rights, founded in 1978 in Minneapolis, MN.

• American Indian Community Council (AICC)

• American Indian Resource Center (AIRC)

• American Indian Movement (AIM)

• Red Circle Project

_____ became federal law in 1953, as Congress formally ended its recognition of more than 100 tribes, encouraging Indians to leave reservations for the cities of the West and Midwest.

• Termination Policy

• Indian Relocation Act

• Urban Indian Movement

• Indian Reorganization Act

Who founded AIM in 1968?

• Dennis Banks and Clyde Bellecourt

• Dennis Banks and Russell Means

• Russell Means and Torres Martinez

The occupation of Mt. Rushmore demanded federal recognition of the _____, which had granted the area to the Lakota tribe but was broken as soon as gold was discovered nearby.

• Treaty of Fort Jackson

• Treaty of New Echota

• Horse Creek Treaty

• Treaty of Fort Laramie

In 1972, AIM organized the _____, in which hundred of Native Americans demanded re-recognition of Native tribes, abolition of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and federal protections for Indigenous cultures and religions.

• Trail of Broken Treaties

• Trail of Broken Promises

• Trail of Reconciliation

• Trail of Re-recognition

In 1975, Congress passed the _____ which reversed the termination policy and provided recognition and funds to Indian tribes.

• Termination Act

• Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act

• Indian Self-Determination Act

• Termination Policy Reverse Act

In 1974, the _____ was formed, which received official recognition from the UN, the first Indigenous organization to do so.

• Treaty Council

• Native American Council on Treaties

• American Indian Treaty Council

• International Indian Treaty Council

_____ was the first Indigenous housing project in the country.

• Little Earth of United Tribes

• United Tribes of the Earth

• United Tribal Earth Project

• Little Earth Housing Project

In 1978, the _____ was passed, which granted Native Americans the right to use certain lands and controlled substances for religious cermonies.

• Freedom to Practice Religious Cermonies Act

• Religious Freedom and Rights Act

• American Indian Religious Freedom Act

• Freedom of Religion Act

In 1991, Clyde Bellecourt and others revived the _____, a traditional gathering of celebration and thanksgiving, at PIpestone National Monument. The ceremony has been held every year since.

• Inipi (sweat lodge)

• Sundance

• Grassdance

• Wicienna Ceremony