Clyde warrior biography

Clyde Merton Warrior
Born	31 August Ponca City, Oklahoma
Died	19 July () (aged&#;28) Enid, Oklahoma
Occupation	Native American Activist
Years&#;active
Known&#;for	fancy dancing and activism

Clyde Merton Warrior (–) 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 s and was a charismatic speaker on Indian self-determination.

Biography

Clyde Merton Warrior was born 31 August near Ponca City, Oklahoma to Gloria Collins and was raised by his grandparents in the Ponca traditions.^[1] He was a member of the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.

He spoke the Ponca language,^[2] learned a wide range of tribal songs and was a champion fancy dancer in his teens.^[3] Newspapers classed him as a world champion dancer by and in , he won an award in a state-level high school art c