Complex sentence: Fueled by the American Indian and US Civil Rights movements, countercultural consumers found appeal in Gilham and Jacobsen's work; as well, their fashion fostered a pan-Indian unity in the quest for political power through self-expression.
Split into simpler sentences: Fueled by the American Indian and US Civil Rights movements, countercultural consumers found appeal in Gilham and Jacobsen's work. Furthermore, their fashion fostered a pan-Indian unity in the quest for political power through self-expression.