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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.
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- Ojibwe, American
- October 29, 2017 (aged 80), Rochester, Minnesota
Apr 8, 2024 · Dennis Banks 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. Banks was born on the Leech Lake Reservation
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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 Facebook ...
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Oct 30, 2017 · Dennis James Banks was born on the Leech Lake Reservation on April 12, 1937. He never knew his father. His mother abandoned him to his grandparents.
Oct 30, 2017 · File - In this March 18, 1973, file photo taken in Wounded Knee, S.D., American Indian Movement leader Dennis Banks, left, reads an offer by U.S. government seeking to effect an end to the Native American takeover of Wounded Knee. Looking on is AIM leader Carter Camp. The family of Banks said he died Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at the age of 80.
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Oct 31, 2017 · The fiery and divisive activist who co-founded the American Indian Movement died at the age of 80 from complications of pneumonia, following successful open-heart surgery. He led a number of often violent demonstrations against the mistreatment of Native Americans at the hands of the federal government, including the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee, where at least 150 American Indians had been massacred by U.S. troops in 1890.
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 Bettman/Getty ...
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