Native American Activist and Co-founder of the American Indian Movement. He was an Anishinabe (Chippewa, Ojibwa) from the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of northern Wisconsin. In 1968 he, Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt, and George Mitchell founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The founding of AIM began the Red Power Movement in the United States. In early 1973 AIM members took over and occupied Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota for 71 days, which some have come to call Wounded Knee II. His activism continued throughout his life. He founded the Red School House in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1972, which was an Indigenous controlled education institute based on the belief that education should include Indigenous spiritual and cultural teachings.
Native American Activist and Co-founder of the American Indian Movement. He was an Anishinabe (Chippewa, Ojibwa) from the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of northern Wisconsin. In 1968 he, Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt, and George Mitchell founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The founding of AIM began the Red Power Movement in the United States. In early 1973 AIM members took over and occupied Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota for 71 days, which some have come to call Wounded Knee II. His activism continued throughout his life. He founded the Red School House in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1972, which was an Indigenous controlled education institute based on the belief that education should include Indigenous spiritual and cultural teachings.
Bio by: Sharlotte Neely Donnelly
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