It’s been 8 years since the Aryan Nation compound in North Idaho was demolished.

But people who live in the Hayden Lake area say they’re seeing more and more evidence of the Aryan Nation on the rebound.

People say they're getting harassed and white supremacy literature is being passed around.

The Neo-Nazi group says they're not bringing violence to the community rather pride in their race. But civil rights activists think differently.

A few years ago it almost looked like a battlefield.

When the Aryan Nations marched down the streets of downtown Coeur d'Alene and spreading their message of white supremacy.

That message sometimes became violent.

Now, they're making a comeback.

"We hold monthly meetings and weekly church services. We try to get four major functions each year," said the self proclaimed national director of the Aryan Nations, Paul Mallet.

Mullet says he wants to pick up where Richard Butler left off.

Butler first founded the group in northern Idaho in the 1970s.

Butler established the world headquarters on his 20-acre land in Hayden Lake.

He said he wanted to spread his dream of a white-only homeland.

But that came crumbling down when Aryan Nations went bankrupt 8 years ago.

The group was sued for $6.3 million dollars.

That’s after Aryan Nations security guards shot at a woman and her son driving by the compound.

Then in the summer of 2001 the compound was demolished.

Their founder passed away a few years later.

Now a new leader has taken over and wants to bring his views back to Idaho.

"The skinhead mentality is really losing ground and it's more of white collar people, good jobs," said Mullet.

Mullet says they're not preaching about violence against other races, simply pride of one's own.

According to his website, which is filled with Adolf Hitler's pictures and Nazi symbols, they’re asking for recruits to "fight the Jews and the mud people of the world."

"If we're confronted we will protect ourselves but as far us going out and doing violent acts like recent media attention has been giving the Aryan Nations, no. What was in the past is in the past what's now is now," said Mullet.

Now, the group is making their presence known by leaving signs of hate.

First white pride fliers circulated front lawns in North Idaho and Spokane this summer.

Then earlier this month 3 men were charged with malicious harassment.

According to court documents the men threatened a Hispanic family with a gun and a pitbull while passing out their literature in Coeur d'Alene.

One resident says he knows all to well what he has to face everyday in his community because of the color of his skin.

"They just yell the 'N' word and keep driving. Most of the time I don't hear them because I have my headphones on," said a Coeur d’Alene DJ known as “Juice.”

Living there for 25 years, he says he's had his handful of racist remarks.

But even then he stays positive.

"North Idaho is a great place. Don't sell it short because a couple of knuckle heads don't agree with the majority of America," said Juice.

Freedom of speech protects Mullet and other white power groups, still civil rights leaders say Neo-Nazis are not welcome or wanted in the panhandle.

They hope to never re-live the racist and sometimes violent battles of the past.

Mullet only agreed to an interview after seeing the questions first hand and choosing which ones he wanted to answer.

Also, reporters were not allowed to attend their meetings.

Mullet says he has plans to buy land and build a new Aryan Nations compound in North Idaho.