And the Native American activist Vernon Bellecourt has died at the age of 75. He was a leader of the American Indian Movement and longtime supporter of political prisoner Leonard Peltier. In recent years he served as president of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media. The group fought against sports teams having Native Indian names or mascots. Bellecourt had recently returned from a meeting in Venezuela to discuss President Hugo Chávez’s program for providing heating assistance to Native American tribes.