White Earth Anishinabe-Ojibway Nation, American Indian Movement Co-founder

Clyde is a founder and Director of the American Indian Movement. He was a major figure in the occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973 and played a founding role in an ongoing Indian School System, Legal Rights Center and the International Indian Treaty Council. He is also directing the Peacemaker Center for Indian youth and the AIM Patrol which provides security for the Minneapolis Indian community. He is an organizer of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media. He is founder and currently Chairman of the Board of American Indian OIC, an innovative job program that has moved over 14,000 people from welfare to full-time employment.Clyde sees a bright future: "This generation of little children is the7th Generation. Not just Indian children but white, black, yellow and red. Our grandfathers said the 7th generation would provide new spiritual leaders, medicine people, doctors, teachers and our great chiefs. There is a spiritual rebirth going on."

Dedicated to helping the people and fostering pride in Indian youth, Clyde says,"Learn who you are. I always tell children that. You're going to be our chiefs, our doctors, and our lawyers. Don't spend 16 years of your life in correctional institutions like I did. You, members of the7thGeneration, are 55 to 60 years ahead of me. You are a fulfillment of age-old prophecies that you would bring back health and happiness to the people."