Oh, I, I, oh, eh, oh, oh, hey, oh, oh, hey, oh,

oh, hey, oh, eh, oh, eh, oh, eh, oh, eh, oh, I know you way oh well His name was Nageuwydung, which is Anishnabe for Thunder Before the Storm.

Last week, one of the last surviving founders of the American Indian Movement,

transitioned to the spirit world at the age of 85.

Clyde Belcourt helped found the American Indian Movement

in 1968, which was one of the vanguard of the indigenous revolution in the 60s and

70s and continues its work today here in Minneapolis. In this memorial

episode we listened to Clyde's talk in 1971 before the American Indian

movement was really launched to the national stage and international stage with

the occupations at Washington, D.C. at the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Headquarters at the Trail of Broken Treaties in 1972, or the Armed Occupation of the Wounded wounded knee hamlet in 1973.

In many ways Clyde did what he called

the damned hard work, which was building affordable housing,

providing employment, as well as educational and spiritual and cultural opportunities for young, native youth, as well as native families in the urban setting.

And today, his legacy lives on.

We have with us this morning Mr. Clyde Belcourt who was the executive director of the

American Indian Movement. Without further ado I'd like to introduce

him to you, Mr. Belcourt. After he speaks we'll have a few questions. Thank you

I got a lot of paper here but I haven't got any speech you know written or anything I never written a speech in my life

I did agree to, I accepted this to convocation this morning and I mentioned over the phone that the topic of my talk is going to be a custard diet for your sins and it was kind of a joke when I told them that I guess they put it up set it up that way

My name is Clyde Belcourt. I am Chippew. I'm from the White Earth Indian Reservation

originally here in the state of Minnesota. I'm a member of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Mississippi Ban of the Ojibwa Nation here in Minnesota.

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