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AIM members observing the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Wounded Knee occupation

AIM members gather at Wounded Knee to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Wounded Knee occupation (1973) in South Dakota. Photograph by Jon Lurie, 1998. Used with the permission of Jon Lurie.

AIM news conference, 1971

After the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, Dennis Banks (at microphone) and other AIM leaders hold a news conference with US Senator Walter Mondale (right) on May 21, 1971. From the Minneapolis and St Paul newspaper negatives collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

AIM Patrol receiving donations

Five people look over cardboard boxes filled with supplies, September 14, 1968. Photograph by Roger Woo, courtesy of the American Indian Interpretative Center.

AIM protest in Custer, South Dakota

American Indian Movement (AIM) activists confront law enforcement officers in Custer, South Dakota, February 6, 1973. From box 3 (152.B.11.3B) of Wounded Knee Legal Defense / Offense Committee records, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

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.

Air mail being loaded onto a Northwest Airlines plane

Air mail being loaded onto a Northwest Airlines plane, c.1940.

Aircraft hanger at Camp Ripley

The aircraft hanger, shown here in a 1939 photo, was built in 1932 and served as home for the 109th Observation Squadron when it trained at Camp Ripley. In the forefront are two Douglas O-38 biplanes; a North American O-47 monoplane peeks out from the hanger.

Al Quie supporters

Independent-Republicans choose Al Quie to be their candidate for Minnesota governor, 1978. From Dave Kenney and Thomas Saylor’s Minnesota in the 70s (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 2013), 228. For the original image, see the Minneapolis and St Paul newspaper negatives collection (1936–1987), Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Alan Lessik and Rene Valdes

Alan Lessik (left) and Rene Valdes (right), 2000s. Lessik met Valdes in San Diego in 2000, the same year in which Valdes left Minneapolis to begin his life on the West Coast. Valdes eventually got a job with Microsoft. Used with the permission from Alan Lessik.

Alan Lessik interview (part 1 of 2)

Alan Lessik discusses Rene Valdes’s life in Cuba and the persecution of gay people that led him to join the flood of Cubans immigrating to the United States during the Mariel Boatlift. Interview conducted by Britt Aamodt, October 8, 2018. Used with the permission of Britt Aamodt and Alan Lessik.

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