Clyde Bellecourt: “Custer Died for Your Sins” Convocation (1971)

Title: Clyde Bellecourt: “Custer Died for Your Sins” Convocation (1971)
Description: Video of civil rights organizer Clyde Bellecourt’s convocation speech at Augsburg College focused on the treatment of the American Indian community. The title refers to Vine Deloria, Jr.’s manifesto by the same name. Bellecourt talks about the problems of Christianity, education, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Abstract: Clyde Bellecourt delivers the Augsburg College (now Augsburg University) convocation on 1971 October 6. The title of the convocation is a reference to "Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto," written by Vine Deloria, Jr. and published in 1969.

Focused on the treatment of the American Indian community, the speech took place months after the end of the Occupation of Alcatraz. As one of the original founders of the American Indian Movement, Clyde Bellecourt was an activist for the rights of Native Americans for many years.
Date: 10/6/1971
Extent: 42:21
uri: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys-3ZtCpz5s
Is Part Of: See all items with this value State of the Salish Sea
Publisher: Augsburg University Archives
Contributor: Clyde Bellecourt