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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". He founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1968 with Dennis Banks, Eddie Benton-Banai, and George Mitchell.
Born: 1939. White Earth Reservation, Minnesota. Native American tribal activist. As one of the original founders of the American Indian Movement (AIM), Clyde Bellecourt has been an activist for the rights of Native Americans for many years.
In Dennis Banks: Founding the American Indian Movement. Once free, he, along with Clyde Bellecourt (an Ojibwe man he met in prison) and others, founded the American Indian Movement (AIM). The original purpose of the group was to help the Native people of Minneapolis adjust to urban life.
Jan 13, 2022 · Clyde Bellecourt, a founder of the American Indian Movement who led violent protests in the 1970s at Wounded Knee, S.D., and in Washington over the federal government’s grim record of...
May 17, 2018 · As one of the original founders of the American Indian Movement (AIM), Clyde Bellecourt (born 1939) has long been an activist for the rights of Native Americans. He was an essential participant in the occupation of both Wounded Knee and a Bureau of Indian Affairs Building in the early 1970s.
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...
Jan 12, 2022 · Clyde Bellecourt, one of the most significant Native American leaders in the struggle for civil rights, died in Minneapolis on Tuesday night, his son Wolf confirmed to Minnesota Public Radio.
