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Clyde Howard Bellecourt (May 8, 1936 – January 11, 2022) was a Native American civil rights organizer. His Ojibwe name is Nee-gon-we-way-we-dun , which means "Thunder Before the Storm". [3] He founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in Minneapolis , Minnesota, in 1968 with Dennis Banks , Eddie Benton-Banai , and George Mitchell.
Jan 13, 2022 · Clyde Howard Bellecourt was born on May 8, 1936, on the White Earth Indian Reservation in northwestern Minnesota, the seventh of 12 children of Charles and Angeline Bellecourt. His father, an ...
Jan 13, 2022 · Clyde Bellecourt, a Native American civil rights leader who founded the influential group American Indian Movement (AIM), died Tuesday of cancer at the age of 85, his wife, Peggy Bellecourt, and ...
Jan 12, 2022 · Clyde Bellecourt, head of the American Indian Movement, speaks at a press conference in New York in 1973. Bellecourt and two physicians, Alan Berkman and Barbara Zeller, had just returned from ...
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Jan 13, 2022 · Clyde Bellecourt co-founded the American Indian Movement and was an advocate for tribal sovereignty and cultural revival. He spent his life advocating for legislation to protect Indigenous people.
Jan 11, 2022 · Clyde Bellecourt, one of the most influential leaders in the history of the American Indian struggle for civil rights, died of cancer Tuesday at his home in Minneapolis. He was 85. For more than ...
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Jan 11, 2022 · Bellecourt, who fought for civil rights and Indigenous issues, passed away at 85 after battling prostate cancer. He was a leader of the American Indian Movement, which organized protests against police brutality, racism, corporate greed and cultural appropriation.
