National Amerindianist American Redman's Party

National Amerindianist American Redman's Party
Leader	Frank Wolf
President	Steven Penn
Chairperson	Alexis W. Wolf
Secretary	Bertram Walker
Secretary-General	Tapa Machunashi
Founder	Frank Wolf
Founded	1972
Dissolved	1976
Headquarters	Lincoln, Nebraska
Ideology	National Amerindianism Red Power Indigenism Indigenous supremacism Racial nationalism Pan-Indianism Pan-Asianism Socialism Third-Worldism Anti-imperialism Anti-Americanism Anti-miscegenation
Political position	Syncretic

The National Amerindianist American Redman's Party (NAARP) was a Native American socialist ^{[1] [2]} political party in the United States. It was founded in 1972 amidst the wider American Indian Movement in Lincoln, Nebraska. The NAARP was active throughout much of the Red Power movement of the 1970s.

Ideology and political positions

Map of the Greater Ameridia Patria, proposed by the NAARP in 1973. Proposed capital of Tecumseh in Green

The party named its ideology "national Amerindianism." ^{[4] : 2} It argued against the capitalist and liberal democratic systems, which it considered corrupt and irresponsible, as well as what it termed the "white hegemony" present in the United States. It was in favor of a socialist, centralized Native republic under one party. ^{[4] : 8}

The NAARP argued for the eventual decolonization of the entirety of the Americas by demographic resettlement by Asians (who the NAARP refers to as Mongolian) and Native Americans (under the umbrella term of "Erythrosian ethnicity"), in a process it compared to Israeli settlements. ^{[3] : 4} To help achieve this, the NAARP advocated for the creation of a strong army and air force, along with the use of five-year plans to industrialize the country. ^{[3] : 10–11} In addition, the NAARP also believed in the formation of an alliance with nations in Asia and natives in South America to help realize this. Part of the proposed decolonization process was the acquisition of reparations from the United States.

The NAARP strongly supported anti-miscegenation laws, calling for a refusal to recognize Native Americans as those who have "alien strain", though the NAARP did not consider Asian Americans and South Americans to be "alien". ^{[3] : 10} It considered Native Americans to be racially and politically superior to other groups. ^{[4] : 8}

The NAARP had a 28-point party platform, which was submitted to the UN on May 18, 1973. ^{[3] : 10–11}

See also

• Ethnocacerism
• International Indian Treaty Council
• Mohawk Warrior Society
• New Left
• Third World socialism

References

1. Tóth, György (2019), 'Red' nations: Marxists and the Native American sovereignty movement of the late Cold War, Cold War History, retrieved June 11, 2023
2. Rosier, Paul (2009). Serving Their Country American Indian Politics and Patriotism in the Twentieth Century. Harvard University Press. p. 224. ISBN   9780674036109.
3. White, Nathan. "National Amerindianist Party Platform" (May 18, 1973). S-0271-0001-04. American Indians – Wounded Knee, South Dakota (2), Fonds: United Nations Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG) (1946-present). United Nations.
4. Walker, Bertram. "Correspondence to and from National Amerindianist American Redmans' Party" (July 12, 1973). Rupert and Jeannette Costo papers, ID: 069.004.013. University of California, Riverside.