Lex Anteinternet: American Indian Movement

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Monday, May 13, 2024

Monday, May 13, 1974. 55

Congress rejected a bill by Kansas Senator Bob Dole to allow states to raise the speed limit above 55.

American and Canadian Mohawk's began the occupation of the abandoned Moss Lake Girl Scouts camp near Old Forge, New York.

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Sunday, May 12, 1974. Divorce Italian Style.

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Thursday, November 2, 1972. AIM takes over the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Trudeau steps down.

Pierre E. Trudeau announced that he would step down as Prime Minister of Canada following a 109 to 109 tie between the Liberal Party and the Progressive Conservatives. The New Democrats would have thrown their 30 seats in with the Liberals, which Trudeau knew at the time.

Period banner of the Liberal Party.

The American Indian Movement took over the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C. The organization had been formed in 1968.

Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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