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An intrepid warrior, a tireless advocate for Indigenous rights, the last of the Old Guard of the American Indian Movement, a peerless paladin for the cause of Native liberation, fearless fighter confronting racism on the frontlines: Clyde Bellecourt was all of these and more.

An intrepid warrior, a tireless advocate for Indigenous rights, the last of the Old Guard of the American Indian Movement, a peerless paladin for the cause of Native liberation, fearless fighter confronting racism on the frontlines: Clyde Bellecourt was all of these and more.

Clyde Bellecourt was a founder of the American Indian Movement. He passed away at the age of 85.

A leader of armed confrontations at Wounded Knee and in Washington, he later shifted his focus to education, jobs and cultural renewal.