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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...
Oct 30, 2017 · More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day. 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.
Oct 31, 2017 · 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...
Dec 28, 2017 · Credit Bettman/Getty Images. Dennis Banks, whose Ojibwa (Chippewa) ancestors’ names were not registered on a ship’s manifest, was looking to put down roots. Born on a reservation in Minnesota,...
May 21, 2018 · Native American activist, organizer, and protest leader Dennis Banks (Nowacumig) helped found the influential american indian movement (AIM). Under his passionate leadership in the late 1960s and early 1970s, AIM championed Native American self-sufficiency, traditions, and values.
Oct 31, 2017 · (Reuters) - Civil rights activist Dennis Banks, who co-founded the American Indian Movement that pushed for indigenous rights during the 1960s and '70s, died in his native Minnesota, his family...
Oct 30, 2017 · Dennis Banks, a co-founder of the American Indian Movement and a leader of the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation, has died, his family said Monday. He was 80.
