AIM leader Clyde Bellecourt tells his story in new book

principal figures in the national movement to end discrimination and right centuries of injustices against American Indians has been an Ojibwe man from Minneapolis, Clyde Bellecourt.

He is one of the founders of the American Indian Movement (AIM), which has had a big impact on how America views American Indians and on how they view themselves. The group has played a pivotal role in some of the most famous struggles of the era, including the occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C., in 1972; the occupation of Wounded Knee, S.D., in 1973, and the struggle against the use of Indian mascots on professional and school athletic teams.

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