About Portland AIM
The Portland AIM chapter will support the communities requests for:
- Ensuring the care and welfare of our elders.
- Environmental Issues concerning our people.
- Positive role modeling for our youth of all ages.
- Supporting Humanity and Fairness to all people.
This article examines the processes of community building among American Indians who migrated to Portland, Oregon, in the decades following World War II, contextualized within a larger movement of Indians to the cities of the United States and shifts in government relations with Indian people. It argues that, during the 1960s, working-and middle-class Indians living in Portland came together and formed groups that enabled them to cultivate “Indianness” or to “be Indian” in the city. As the decade wore on, Indian migration to Portland increased, the social problems of urban Indians became more visible, and a younger generation emerged to challenge the leadership of Portland’’s established Indian organizations. Influenced by both their college educations and a national Indian activist movement, these new leaders promoted a repositioning of Indianness, taking Indian identity as the starting point from which to solve urban Indian problems. By the mid-1970s, the younger generation of college-educated Indians gained a government mandate and ascended to the helm of Portland’’s Indian community. In winning support from local, state, and federal officials, these leaders reflected fundamental changes under way in the administration of U.S. Indian affairs not only in Portland, but also across the country.
Jeffrey C. Sanders‌. (2008) The Battle for Fort Lawton: Competing Environmental Claims in Postwar Seattle. Pacific Historical Review 77:2, 203-235
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Under the leadership of Al HighHorse, head of security for the Bow &Arrow Culture Club, the Portland Chapter of AIM was asked to work the security for the Pow Wow. We were honored to support the Pow Wow Committee and our Community in doing this. Beside the brief time out do to the fire alarm being set off in the arena area, the Pow Wow was GREAT!
The Bow & Arrow Culture Club has been affiliated with the DeltaPark Pow Wow for 38 years. For around the last 22 or so years havetaken over the sponsorship of putting the pow wow on. So to help theDelta Park Pow Wow Committee with this huge task, the Portland AIM Chapter held a raffle in support. The raffle was held at NAYA on FridayMay 9th. Thank you to all that bought tickets. We raised $111 and all funds were donated to the Bow & Arrow Pow Wow Committee.
ThePortland AIM Chapter has been attending the Pi Nee Waus gatherings onTuesday nights in support of our Elders. After the Pi Nee Wausgathering the Bow & Arrow Pow Wow Committee has their meeting. Itwas brought up that they were in need of tipi poles for the Pow Wow. Soin support, Portland Aim volunteered to gather them. Portland AIM Secretary Joel Craig is a Warm Springs Tribal Member and volunteered toget a permit to gather the tipi poles. So on Wednesday May 28thPortland AIM and Supporters went to WarmSprings Res. and brought back68 tipi poles to James Logan’s (Sergeant of Arms) home. Then onSaturday and Sunday people from the from Bow & Arrow and Portland AIM had the task of skinning the poles.
Thank you to the following Supporters for your efforts in helping with the gathering ofthe tipi poles and skinning them: The Brave Hawk boys and girls, Dion,Syd, Emil, Dion, Devon, Clayton, Jeremy, Gilbert, Sandy and Sherry Scott (one of our Elders)
The Bow & Arrow Culture Club held their last gathering of theseason Friday night June 6th with a Native American Idol 5 karaoke.This was a fund raiser for the 36th Annual City of Roses. Participantswould donate money to sing songs, Or if someone put money down on asong for someone else and they refused to sing, they would have tomatch the donation. Portland AIM was there to support in all thefestivities including their Spiritual Leader (LittleBuffalo) who alsogot up on stage and sang a couple of songs. Every one had a great time.
Special Thank You
- To: Steve Llanes, for your knowledge and donation
- To: Al HighHorse for believing in this Portland AIM Chapter and asking us to help with security at all the Pow Wows