Clyde Bellecourt
Acting
May 8, 1936
Died: January 11, 2022
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.
