Dennis Banks

1937-04-12 – 2007-10-29 (age 70) Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, USA

Biography

Dennis Banks (1937-2007) was an Ojibwe Native American activist, teacher, and author. He was a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM), which he co-founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1968 to represent urban Indians.

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Known For

Incident at Oglala

1992

as Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement

The Last of the Mohicans

1992

as Ongewasgone

Thunderheart

1992

as Self

California Indian

2011

as Himself

Older Than America

2008

as Pete Goodfeather

War Party

1988

as Ben Crowkiller

Broken Rainbow

1985

as Self - American Indian Movement

All Power to the People!

1996

as Self (archive footage)

Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

1991

as Self - American Indian Movement

A Good Day to Die

2010

as Self - Co-Founder, American Indian Movement; Ojibwa

Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson

1999

as Self - AIM leader (archive footage)