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Bookmark or Share- Clyde Bellecourt - WikipediaClyde 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.
- American Indian Movement leader Clyde Bellecourt dies at 85MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Clyde Bellecourt, a leader in the Native American struggle for civil rights and a founder of the American Indian Movement, has died. He was 85. Bellecourt died Tuesday morning from cancer at his home in Minneapolis, Peggy Bellecourt, his wife, told the Star Tribune.
- Clyde Bellecourt, Native American civil rights leader, dies at 85Clyde 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,...
- Clyde Bellecourt, longtime leader in the fight for Native civil ... - NPRClyde 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...
- Clyde Bellecourt, co-founder of American Indian Movement, dies at 85Clyde Bellecourt, a leader in the Native American struggle for civil rights and a founder of the American Indian Movement, died Jan. 11 at his home in Minneapolis. He was 85. The cause was...
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