Clyde Bellecourt

Born May 1936 

A co-founder and Director of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and a major figure in the Occupation of Wounded Knee, that occurred in 1973.  Bellecourt was a founder in the Indian School System, Legal Rights Center, and the International Indian Treaty Council.  He is the director of the Peacemaker Center for Indian Youth and the AIM Patrol (provides security for the Minneapolis Indian Community).  Bellecourt has been an organizer of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media and is also the founder and current chairman of the Board of American Indians (OIC).

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