Clyde Bellecourt

Clyde Howard Bellecourt (May 8, 1936 - January 11, 2022) was a Native American civil rights organizer. He is most noted for co-founding the American Indian Movement (AIM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1968 with Dennis Banks, Eddie Benton-Banai, and George Mitchell. He initiated the Trail of Broken Treaties, a long march to Washington, D.C., in 1972 to serve as a first step to renegotiating federal-tribal nations' treaties and relations. In addition, he founded non-profit groups to undertake economic development to benefit Native Americans. His Ojibwe name was Nee-gon-we-way-we-dun, which means "Thunder Before the Storm."