Clyde Warrior
Clyde Merton Warrior | |
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Born | 31 August 1939 Ponca City, Oklahoma |
Died | 19 July 1968 Enid, Oklahoma | (aged 28)
Occupation | Native American Activist |
Years active | 1961-1968 |
Known for | fancy dancing and activism |
Clyde Merton Warrior (1939–1968) was a Native American activist and leader, orator and one of the founders of the National Indian Youth Council. He participated in the March on Washington and the War on Poverty in the 1960s and was a charismatic speaker on Indian self-determination.
Biography
Clyde Merton Warrior was born 31 August 1939 near
Warrior attended
Marriage and family
In 1962, Warrior married
Activism
In the spring of 1961, Warrior attended a regional planning meeting at the University of Oklahoma in preparation for a conference to be held in June in Chicago. He also participated that spring in the annual meeting of the Southwestern Regional Indian Youth Council and was elected president.[4]
From 13–20 June 1961, at a conference with over 800 participants
After the meeting, Warrior was nominated to the Ponca tribal council and was a popular speaker on college campuses. He became the co-editor of Indian Voices, a periodical created at the University of Chicago[4] for the Commission on Human Relations.[1] Warrior worked to help Washington State tribes secure their fishing rights, utilizing publicists from New York City and Marlon Brando to create visibility, using guidance from his studies of Martin Luther King Jr.'s human and civil rights strategies at the August 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.[4]
Warrior witnessed discrimination against Indian people, crushing poverty in Native communities, and incompetence in the
Warrior promoted self-determination and inspired many young Native activists during the 1960s and 1970s.[9]
Death
Warrior died at the age of 28 on July 19, 1968, due to liver failure after years of excessive alcohol use.[5] He is buried in Ponca City. His epitaph says, "A Fresh Air of New Indian Idealism."[5]
Quote
"We are not free. We do not make choices. Our choices are made for us."[5]
"The sewage of Europe does not run through these veins."
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-313-35554-7. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8061-4178-7. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Clyde Merton Warrior", Ponca Nation. (retrieved 6 August 2009)
- ^ a b c d e Fluharty, Sterling (2011). "Warrior, Clyde". ABC-CLIO. History and the Headlines. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Cowger, Thomas. Clyde Warrior. Archived 2017-02-12 at the Wayback Machine Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture. 2009 (6 August 2009)
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8165-1899-9. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ Newcomb, Steven (20 November 2013). "Clyde Warrior and the American Indian Fight to Be Free". Indian Country Today Media Network. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ "The American Indian Intellectual Tradition".
- ^ Van de Logt, Mark. Ponca. Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture. 2009 (6 August 2009)
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