After the Indian removal policy, Indians began to unite again. Under the slogan of Red Power, Indians began to claim for their rights. Led by young, educated Indians, Indians resumed active struggles by forming organizations and staging demonstrations.
The struggles bore results as civil rights laws were enacted and as they won victories in lawsuits. The struggles helped establishing their identity as well.
With the formation of the AIM in 1968, the Indian movement reached its peak. The AIM played a significant role in bringing the Indian movements to the attention of the press and overall US society by taking the initiatives in occupying the BIA and the Wounded Knee occupation.
Their activities have formed a mainstream of Indian movements along with the free Leonard Peltier campaign.