American Indian Movement activist Vernon Bellecourt is being laid to rest on the White Earth Ojibwe Reservation in Minnesota today. Bellecourt was born and raised on the reservation. He will be buried in a traditional ceremony on what would have been his 76th birthday. Bellecourt died Saturday. He was the spokesperson for AIM during some if its biggest protests in the 1960s and 1970s. He later became active in promoting indigenous rights in the international community and in opposing Indian mascots. Get the Story:
Burial service for Vernon Bellecourt today at White Earth (The Minneapolis Star Tribune 10/18)
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American Indian Movement - http://www.aimovement.org Related Stories:
Column: Vernon Bellecourt changed perceptions (10/17)
Vernon Bellecourt, an obituary by Suzan Harjo (10/15)
Vernon Bellecourt, AIM activist, passes away (10/15)
