Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-05-08
Place of Birth
White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, USA
Clyde Bellecourt
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
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
This true crime docuseries examines the murder of Annie Mae Aquash – a Mi'kmaq woman from Nova Scotia, Canada, a mother of two daughters, a teacher, and a revolutionary who fought for Indigenous rights in the 1970s whose death went unsolved for almost 30 years.
A Good Day to Die
Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of the Movement.