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Russell Means: "Sebelum AIM, orang India merasa putus asa, dikalahkan,...

"Sebelum AIM, orang India merasa putus asa, dikalahkan, dan dibubarkan secara budaya. Orang-orang malu menjadi orang India. Anda tidak melihat orang-orang muda mengenakan kepang atau choker atau kemeja pita pada masa itu. Sial, saya tidak memakainya. Orang tidak Sun Dance, mereka tidak Keringat, mereka kehilangan bahasa mereka. Lalu ada percikan di Alcatraz, dan kami berangkat. Sobat, kami melakukan perjalanan melintasi negara ini. Kami menempatkan hak orang India dan India di tengah-tengah kesadaran publik untuk pertama kalinya sejak apa yang disebut perang India."

--- Russell Means

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Before AIM, Indians were dispirited, defeated, and culturally dissolving. People were ashamed to be Indian. You didn't see the young people wearing braids or chokers or ribbon shirts in those days. Hell, I didn't wear 'em. People didn't Sun Dance, they didn't Sweat, they were losing their languages. Then there was that spark at Alcatraz, and we took off. Man, we took a ride across this country. We put Indians and Indian rights smack dab in the middle of the public consciousness for the first time since the so-called Indian wars.