The Death of Anna Mae Aquash

[Keith Millea]

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Saturday, October 13, 2007

Vernon Bellecourt takes flight to the Spirit World



Vernon Bellecourt (WaBun-Inini) Anishinabe/Ojibwe Nation 1931 - 2007


From: Chris Spotted Eagle
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:51:34 -0400

Vernon Bellecourt (WaBun-Inini) passed over into the spirit world earlier today, October 13, 2007. Minneapolis, Minnesota surrounded by his friends and family.

Vernon was a principal spokesman for the American Indian Movement and a leader in actions ranging from the 1972 occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington to the 1992 Redskin Superbowl demonstrations. He Co-founded and was the first Executive Director of the Denver AIM Chapter. His involvement at Wounded Knee in 1973 led to a Federal indictment. He was a special representative of the International Indian Treaty Council and helped organize the first Treaty Conference in 1974. He was jailed for throwing his blood on the Guatemalan Embassy to protest the killing of 100,000 Indians. He was elected to a 4-year term in his White Earth tribal government and developed a model program for the spiritual education of Indian prisoners. Vernon was President of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports & Media and recipient of the City of Phoenix, Martin Luther King Human Rights Award 1993

Last journey was to Venezuela in north and south solidarity


Vernon Bellecourt, in poor health and in a wheelchair, joined an American Indian delegation to Venezuela in August, 2007, to unite Indigenous from the North and South in solidarity:
http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2007/09/american-indians-in-venezuela-build_26.html


Bellecourt fell ill after last great journey: Trip to Venezuela
http://www.startribune.com/466/story/1483509.html/