Akwesasne Notes, 1972
Title
Akwesasne Notes, 1972
Subject
American Indian Movement
Description
Akwesasne Notes was a newspaper founded in 1969, amid a surge in Native American activism, by Ernest Benedict of the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne, which straddles the U.S. and Canadian border along the St. Lawrence River. The paper, which continued publication through the mid-1990s, became the largest and most influential Native American newspaper in the world. Editors explained the purpose of the newspaper: "Akwesasne Notes supports the efforts of people to re-investigate their own processes of survival - their culture. We are advocates of social justice processes which focus on reuniting people with their community and their land base, and which attempts to resist the exploitation of land, animal, water, and human beings." (volume 16, number 4)
Creator
Akwesasne Notes,
Source
Roz Payne
Publisher
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date
ca. 1972
Format
newspaper
Collection
Citation
Akwesasne Notes,, “Akwesasne Notes, 1972,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed October 4, 2024, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/873.