User:Fittzp/George Mitchell (activist)

Early Life

George Mitchell was born on June 14th, 1936 in White Earth MN. Throughout his life, Mitchell had three

children, Charles, Raven, and Melinda Mitchell. He had 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren

before he passed on June 1st, 2015 at the age of 79.[1] George Mitchell was a cofounder of the American

Indian Movement (AIM), and he was also the director of the Indian American Youth Council (NIYC) in

Minneapolis, MN.[2] George Mitchell specifically worked in addressing police brutality in Minneapolis[2]

and lead many initiatives to protest and policy change that was unfair towards Native American's. [3]

George Mitchell originally wanted the AIM to be called, Concerned Indian Americans (CIA), but settled

on the American Indian Movement so that they wouldn't be confused with the Central Intelligence

Agency.[2]