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People's World
November 17, 2017
Dennis was a tireless fighter for Indigenous rights and represented what can be called the Old Guard of AIM, alongside figures such as Russell Means, Carter Camp, John Trudell, and Vernon Bellecourt—all of whom have now passed on but never hesitated to put their lives on the line fighting for the rightsÃâà...
People's World
November 2, 2017
He co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) with Clyde Bellecourt, George Mitchell, and Vernon Bellecourt in 1968 as a result of police abuse against American Indians in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area. Banks asked Russell Means, who was the director of the Cleveland Indian Center when AIMÃâà...
KLCC FM Public Radio
October 31, 2017
Uh...Mr. Banks, I presume?" I had talked to several other prominent AIM leaders before, including Clyde and Vernon Bellecourt, and Russell Means, who was probably the most fiery of the bunch. My conversation with Banks was casual to the point of feeling like I was talking to an old college classmate.
InsideSources
July 19, 2017
Along with his brother, Vernon Bellecourt, and several other men, Clyde founded the organization in Minneapolis in the late 1960s. At the time, the city had a larger native population than any other. AIM was founded in large part to address issues of police harassment and systemic racism, says DavidÃâà...
Progressive.org
December 7, 2016
On Monday, December 5, Native Americans at Standing Rock conducted a sacred forgiveness ceremony with hundreds of U.S. veterans, giving the vets an opportunity to atone for military actions conducted against Native Peoples throughout history. In accepting forgiveness, Wes Clark Jr., the son of retiredÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
October 19, 2016
In the book, Bellecourt writes about others in the Indian movement: women activists including Pat Bellanger, Gladys Bissonette and his wife, Peggy; and other AIM leaders, such as Dennis Banks and his late brother, Vernon Bellecourt. He offers kind words for non-Indian allies, including Lutheran ChurchÃâà...
Al Jazeera America
January 21, 2015
Five years later, Means publicly accused Clyde Bellecourt and Vernon Bellecourt of ordering the 1975 murder of Anna Mae Aquash after misidentifying her as an undercover FBI agent. Today two primary factions of AIM exist: the Autonomous Chapters of the American Indian Movement and the AmericanÃâà...
