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Dennis Banks (April 12, 1937, in Ojibwe – October 29, 2017) was a Native American activist, teacher, and author. He was a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, which he co-founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1968 to represent urban Indians. He was a pre-eminent spokesman for Native Americans.
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- Ojibwe, American
- October 29, 2017 (aged 80), Rochester, Minnesota
May 10, 2024 · Dennis Banks was an Ojibwe activist and a founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM), a prominent Native rights organization. Banks led high-profile protests that increased awareness about the U.S. government’s long history of mistreatment of Native peoples.
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Oct 30, 2017 · Dennis Banks, a Native American activist who co-founded the American Indian Movement and helped lead the 1973 armed occupation of Wounded Knee, has died at 80. His death was announced on...
- Camila Domonoske
Dennis Banks, the fiery and divisive activist who co-founded the American Indian Movement, has died at the age of 80. His daughter, Tashina Banks Rama, tells Robert D. McFadden of the New York...
Oct 30, 2017 · Dennis J. Banks, the militant Chippewa who founded the American Indian Movement in 1968 and led often-violent insurrections to protest the treatment of Native Americans and the nation’s history...
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Oct 30, 2017 · Dennis Banks, who helped found the American Indian Movement and engaged in sometimes-violent uprisings against the U.S. government, including the armed occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973, died at age 80, his family announced Monday.
Dec 28, 2017 · Dennis Banks. A life caught between power and powerlessness. By FRANCIS WILKINSON. Dennis Banks in 1973, in Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Credit...
