Here Are The Hate Groups Operating In Central Indiana, Statewide

ACROSS INDIANA — A new interactive map shows there are several hate groups operating in and around Indianapolis, and across Indiana. The Southern Poverty Law Center released its new map this week. The updated version allows users to see more details, including which states have the most hate groups per capita and how the number of hate groups has changed over time at the state and national level.

The group identified 1,020 active hate groups operating in the country last year, a record high and a 30 percent increase over the last four years. Moreover, an estimated 40 people were killed in North America in radical right terrorist attacks last year and there were more than 1,200 incidents of hate groups passing out flyers.

In Indianapolis, there were four hate groups, and 24 total across the state. Here are the hate groups operating out of Indiana, including Indianapolis groups:

• Act for America, Lafayette - Anti-Muslim
• Act for America, Terre Haute - Anti-Muslim
• American Freedom Party, statewide - White Nationalist
• American Guard, statewide - General Hate
• American White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, statewide - Ku Klux Klan
• Blood and Honour Social Club, statewide - Racist Skinhead
• The Campus Ministry USA, Terre Haute - Anti-LGBT
• Church of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, South Bend - Ku Klux Klan
• Culture Wars/Fidelity Press, South Bend - Radical Traditional Catholicism
• The Daily Stormer, statewide - Neo-Nazi
• Exodus/Americanus, Floyds Knobs - White Nationalist
• Firm 22, statewide - Racist Skinhead
• Great Millstone, Indianapolis - Black Nationalist
• Honorable Sacred Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Madison - Ku Klux Klan
• Identity Evropa, Indianapolis - White Nationalist
• Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge, Indianapolis - Black Nationalist
• Nation of Islam, Indianapolis - Black Nationalist
• Proud Boys, Fort Wayne - General Hate
• Soldiers of Odin, statewide - Anti-Muslim
• The Right Stuff, statewide - White Nationalist
• Traditionalist Worker Party, statewide - Neo-Nazi
• Vanguard America, statewide - Neo-Nazi
• Vanguard America Women's Division, statewide - Neo-Nazi
• Vinlanders Social Club, statewide - Racist Skinhead

Heidi Beirich, director of the Intelligence Project, which publishes the award-winning Intelligence Report and the Hatewatch blog, said in a release it's become "critically important" that people understand what she called "the landscape of hate." The number of these groups is surging in the era of President Donald Trump, who has faced fierce criticism for his anti-immigrant rhetoric.

"We hope the new, interactive map helps people recognize and better understand the extremist activity occurring in their communities and how it's part of a larger movement," said Beirich.

The map allows users to filter by ideologies tracked by the organization. Some of the categories include anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT, anti-muslim, holocaust denial, Ku Klux Klan, male supremacy, Neo-Nazi, racist skinhead and white nationalist.

The map shows that states with the most hate groups per capita tend to be concentrated on the Southeast, northern Rocky Mountain regions and western Great Plains. This includes Tennessee, Alabama and Arkansas, as well as Idaho and Montana.

Meanwhile, several states in the Midwest saw the least number of hate groups per capita. Among these states were Kansas, Iowa and Wyoming.

In a video accompanying the report, the group says there were roughly 375 hate groups nationwide in 1999. That number has ballooned over the years to more than 1,000 this year. Beirich called the rise "disturbing" and said it's no coincidence the rise coincides with Trump's election.

"The trend is unmistakable," she said in the video. "Trump has energized the radical right by fanning the flames of racial resentment over immigration and the country's changing demographics."

Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.