Members of the American Indian Movement are preparing to tear down the statue of Christopher Columbus at the Minnesota State capitol
It came down super easy 
Members of AIM sing the AIM song over the fallen Columbus statue in St Paul
People dance around the statue.
State troopers are moving people away from the Columbus statue. Now we’re waiting for a truck to come “pick the trash off the street” as one organizer put it
This is Dorene Day, who’s mom was one of the founding mothers of AIM
Dorene was the main figure in a radio documentary and longread I did about the federal government’s Indian relocation program. Read/hear (some of) her family’s story: apmreports.org/story/2019/11/…
The Christopher Columbus statue was driven away to cheers and drum beats
*A correction here: Dorene reminds me her mom was a founder of one of AIM’s schools (Red School House) and a very early supporter but was not a founding mother. That credit goes to Pat Bellanger, Rita Rogers, and Alberta Downwind
