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Bellecourt, Clyde H. 1936-

The thunder before the storm : the autobiography of Clyde Bellecourt / Autobiography of Clyde Bellecourt as told to Jon Lurie. - pages cm

Includes index.

Prologue: 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.

ISBN: 9781681340197 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781681340203 (ebook)

LCCN: 2016026452

Subjects--Personal Names:
Bellecourt, Clyde H. 1936-

Subjects--Corporate Names:
American Indian Movement.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ojibwa Indians--Biography.
Oglala Indians--Biography.
Human rights workers--United States--Biography.
Indians of North America--Government relations--1934-
Indians of North America--Politics and government.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Wounded Knee (S.D.)--History--Indian occupation, 1973--Personal narratives.

LC Class. No.: E99.C6 / B425 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 323.1197/073092 B