NAMID (North American Indian Decree)

the North American Indian Decree are a Wendigo and Uktena Kinfolk Fellowship that seek to break the harmful cycles found in Native American reservations and the wider Native American community.

Overview

Also called the Star Dancers, the translation of the Chippewa word “named,” this network of Wendigo Kinfolk (with a few Uktena Kin members) has at its core the well-being of Native Americans. The organization seeks to break the cycle that leads to poverty and related problems among Native Americans living on reservations and in mainstream American society. NAMID has established scholarship programs for Native Americans attending colleges, graduate schools, medical, veterinary and law schools, and other professional educational institutions. They also provide a network of attorneys, a legal defense fund, and a political action committee to lobby for Native American civil rights, land claims, and other issues.

The organization also has an unsanctioned militant wing that attracts angry young radicals (and older ones as well) who decry going through channels and political action as ineffective and who openly favor violence as the only way to achieve justice. Some supporters of NAMID fear that the organization may fall apart through internal dissension or that the radical element may split off to form a more dangerous and uncontrolled splinter group.

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