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Known For
Acting
Born
1937-04-12
Place of Birth
Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, USA
Dennis Banks
Biography
Dennis Banks (1937-2007) was an Ojibwe Native American activist, teacher, and author. He was a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM), which he co-founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1968 to represent urban Indians.
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Known For
Acting History
2024
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae as Self - AIM Co-Founder (archive footage)
2011California Indian as Himself
2010A Good Day to Die as Self - Co-Founder, American Indian Movement; Ojibwa
2008Older Than America as Pete Goodfeather
1999Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson as Self - AIM leader (archive footage)
1996All Power to the People! as Self (archive footage)
1992The Last of the Mohicans as Ongewasgone
1992Incident at Oglala as Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement
1992Thunderheart as Self
1991Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier as Self - American Indian Movement
1988War Party as Ben Crowkiller
1985Broken Rainbow as Self - American Indian Movement