Clyde Bellecourt, (Thunder Before the Storm), White Earth Anishinabe-Ojibway Nation. Clyde is a founder and director of the American Indian Movement (AIM).He was a major figure in the occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973 andplayed a founding role in an ongoing Indian School System, Legal RightsCenter and the International Indian Treaty Council. He is alsodirecting the Peacemaker Center for Indian youth and the AIM Patrolwhich provides security for the Minneapolis Indian community.


Heis an organizer of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and theMedia. He is founder and currently Chairman of the Board of AmericanIndian OIC, an innovative job program that has moved over 14,000 peoplefrom welfare to full-time employment. Clyde sees a bright future:"This generation of little children is the 7th Generation. Not justIndian children but white, black, yellow and red. Our grandfathers saidthe 7th generation would provide new spiritual leaders, medicinepeople, doctors, teachers and our great chiefs. There is a spiritualrebirth going on."