| Description |
336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The damn truth -- My mother's limp -- The drum within the walls -- Confrontation politics -- Peggy Sue -- The Indian in white America -- Occupations -- Spiritual rebirth -- The damn hard work -- The trail of broken treaties -- Cedar Pass -- Fools Crow -- Wounded Knee -- Speaking to the world -- The thunder before the storm -- AIM for sovereignty -- America on trial -- The damn hard work II -- Almost ruined me -- The longest walk -- Hardest thing I ever had to do -- Splintered arrow -- The coffee conspiracy -- No honor in racism -- Neegonnwayweedun. |
| Summary |
The American Indian Movement burst onto the scene in the late 1960s as indigenous people across the country began to demand what is rightfully theirs. Clyde Bellecourt, whose Ojibwe name translates as "The Thunder Before the Storm," is one of its cofounders and iconic leaders. This intimate narrative covers his childhood on the White Earth Reservation, his long journey through the prison system, and his embodiment of "confrontation politics" in waging war against entrenched racism. Bellecourt is up-front and unapologetic when discussing his battles with drug addiction, his clashes with other AIM leaders, his experiences on the Trail of Broken Treaties and at Wounded Knee, and the cases of Leonard Peltier and murdered AIM activist Anna Mae Aquash. This gritty, as-told-to memoir also uncovers the humanity behind Bellecourt's militant image, revealing a sensitive spirit whose wounds motivated him to confront injustice and to help others gain a sense of pride by knowing their culture. |
| Subject |
Oglala Indians -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Native Americans.
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Ojibwa Indians. (OCoLC)fst01045067
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Wounded Knee (S.D.) -- History -- Indian occupation, 1973 -- Personal narratives.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies.
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Indians of North America -- Politics and government.
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Bellecourt, Clyde H. (Clyde Howard), 1936-2022
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Bellecourt, Clyde H. (Clyde Howard), 1936- (OCoLC)fst00371703
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Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1934-
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Subject |
Indian Occupation of Wounded Knee (South Dakota : 1973) (OCoLC)fst01353278
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Red Power movement -- History.
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Indian activists -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Government relations.
(OCoLC)fst00969761
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American Indian Movement.
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Indians of North America -- Civil rights.
(OCoLC)fst00969673
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Red Power movement. (OCoLC)fst01938469
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Indians of North America -- Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst00969875
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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American Indian Movement. (OCoLC)fst00565402
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Subject |
Ojibwa Indians -- Biography.
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Human rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00963353
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Indian activists. (OCoLC)fst00969014
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Human rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
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Indians of North America -- Civil rights -- 20th century.
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Oglala Indians. (OCoLC)fst01044467
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South Dakota -- Wounded Knee.
(OCoLC)fst01216196
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1900
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Politics and government.
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Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Civil rights -- 20th century.
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Indian activists -- North America -- Biography.
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Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Government relations -- 1934-
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| Added Author |
Lurie, Jon, 1967- author.
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| Added Title |
Autobiography of Clyde Bellecourt |
| ISBN |
9781681340197 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper) |
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1681340194 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper) |
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9781681340203 (electronic book) |
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1681340208 (electronic book) |
