History of the Aryan Nations

The Aryan Nations Compound in Hayden Lake, Idaho (via)

The Aryan Nations, a far-right white nationalist organization/religious movement established in 1973 in Hayden Lake, Idaho, is a branch of the Church of Jesus Christ-Christian, one of the "foremost proponents of the Aryan Identity message during the past century" (source). Founded by Reverend Richard G. Butler, the Aryan Nations strived to instill nationalist beliefs in all white men and women who support their "genetic legacy as Aryans" (source) and want to establish a pure Aryan society in North America.

Richard G. Butler (via)

Richard G. Butler was a prominent white supremacist leader who sought to unify neo-Nazis, Skinheads, Ku Klux Klansmen and all other brothers who believed in North America as a refuge for whites. Butler, who idolized Hitler, believed that Jewish people were direct descendents of Satan and that black people were a feral group (source). In a newsletter published by the Aryan Nations, Butler states that the United States must become a "national racial state" and that "we [the Aryan Nations] will have it at whatever price is necessary. Just as our forefathers purchased their freedom in blood so must we... We will have to kill the bastards" (source). Similarly, in this interview on Race and Reason, a public-access cable TV show, Butler explains the history of the Aryan Nation and the ideologies behind the group.

The twenty acre compound owned by the Aryan Nations in Idaho served as a meeting ground for any group throughout North America and the world who shared similar ideologies to the Aryan Nations. Additionally at the compound, the Aryan Nations held what they called a "World Conference." The conference was held annually as a way for any white nationalist group to come together and build support for the purpose of spreading their word and ideologies, as well as attracting new (specifically younger) members to the movement (Ferber). These meetings at their rural Hayden Lake facility were the perfect setting away from intruders such as police and the media while simultaneously allowing for "urban terrorism and guerilla warfare" training to attendants (source). 

In 2000, the Aryan Nations were forced to pay $6.3 million dollars in damages to Victoria and Jason Keenan after they sued the Nation for assault charges after being chased away from the Hayden Lake compound and fired at with guns after their car backfired near the site. The judgment bankrupt the Aryan Nation, caused them to hand over the compound to the Keenans and forced the group to sign over the name "Aryan Nations" to the Keenans. As a result, the group, now renamed Aryan National Alliance, relocated to rural Pennsylvania (source).

The ultimate goal of the Aryan Nations, to establish a pure white homeland in North America, will always be the groups number one cause. Additionally, they believe that "the System" is an oppression to the white Aryan race and before the Aryan homeland can be created, they must first destroy the "present Western-democratic state" (source).
From their goal "Racial Purity is this Nations Security" to the quote by Richard G. Butler on using whatever force necessary, it is easy to see that the Aryan Nations will use any means possible to accomplish their goal of an Aryan North America.