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John Trudell was a Santee Dakota activist, performance artist, actor, and poet. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and he spent his early years living on the Santee Reservation in northern Nebraska. He was an early member of and spokesman for the Native American rights movement and helped to promote a spoken word style that honors Native American ...
Dec 11, 2015 · John Trudell passed away December 8 after a long illness, and he will most assuredly be remembered as the most prolific, vocal, dogmatic, and creative members of the American Indian Movement. His life was like a film—as dramatic, moving, cerebral, evolutionary, and as epic as any blockbuster. He was a survivor and a jokester; a trickster of ...
Dec 13, 2015 · John Trudell, a leading advocate of Native American rights, passed away on Tuesday. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We want to pause now to mark the passing of John Trudell. He was an outspoken advocate of ...
Dec 9, 2015 · John Trudell. John Trudell, the Native American activist whose long pursuit of justice for indigenous peoples included writing, lectures, music, acting and organizing, died Tuesday night in Mountain View, Calif. He was 69. In early December, it was announced that Trudell had entered the final stages of terminal cancer.
Dec 9, 2015 · John Trudell, who was a spokesman for American Indian protesters during their 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island and later headed the American Indian Movement, died Tuesday. He was 69.
Sep 23, 2017 · John Trudell, noted activist, poet and Native thinker, walked on December 8, 2015, after a lengthy bout with cancer. His family included some of his last messages to Indian country in a press release. Among them: “I want people to remember me as they remember me.”. John Trudell was a Santee Dakota activist, artist, actor, and poet, who led ...
Dec 8, 2015 · John Trudell. John Trudell was an acclaimed poet, national recording artist, actor, and activist whose international following reflects the universal language of his words, work, and message. Trudell (Santee Sioux) was a spokesperson for the Indian of All Tribes occupation of Alcatraz Island from 1969 to 1971.
