"We Decided that our Indian people are more
important to us than long jail terms."
Carter Camp, Ponca Nation, Wounded Knee 1973
By Ben Carnes, Choctaw
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| Carter Camp painted as a warrior at Wounded Knee |
Remembering people of their words and actions has been my way of mourning, as a way to keep their spirit alive in our memories. His words above exemplified what it means to commit to being a true Warrior for the people. He lived this way of life as so many people can attest to. Those words take me back to when I began to understand what the American Indian Movement was about in the early 70's. It began as a civil rights organization in Minneapolis in 68, but through the influences of Henry Crow Dog, it soon evolved into a spiritual based movement as Crow Dog stated that in order for AIM to be successful, it had to have a spiritual foundation.
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