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Clyde Bellecourt

1936-05-08 – 2022-01-11 (age 85) White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, USA

Biography

Clyde Howard Bellecourt (1936-2022) was a Native American civil rights organizer. He founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1968 with Dennis Banks, Eddie Benton-Banai, and George Mitchell. His elder brother, Vernon Bellecourt, was also active in the movement.

Known For

A Good Day to Die
A Good Day to Die

2010

as Self - Co-Founder, AIM; Ojibwa