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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,...
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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...
