Date of Award
4-28-2019
Document Type
Distinction Paper
Degree Name
History-BA
Department
History & Political Science
Advisor
Dr. Anthony DeStefanis
First Committee Member
Dr. Anthony DeStefanis
Second Committee Member
Dr. Jonathan DeCoster
Third Committee Member
Dr. Deborah Solomon
Keywords
American Indian Movement, AIM, Native American women, Native American activism
Subject Categories
History | Other History | United States History | Women's History
Abstract
Historians of the American Indian Movement (AIM) have largely ignored the contributions Native American women made to the movement. This work seeks to change the dominate narrative of the American Indian Movement and bring attention to the contributions Native American women made to the history of civil rights movements and modern feminism. This work charts the struggles Native Americans faced in the 1960s and 1970s, AIM’s activism, and the contributions Native American women made to AIM. It also examines how sexism and male dominance shaped the movement and women’s experience in the organization and how women led activism that followed the fall of AIM differed.
Recommended Citation
Manygoats, Raven, "Native American Women in the American Indian Movement" (2019). Undergraduate Distinction Papers. 68.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/stu_dist/68