Dennis Banks
Birthday
1937/04/12
Day of death
2007/10/29 (70 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, USA
Also know as
Nowa Cumig, Naawakamig
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.
Acting
(1992) The Last of the Mohicans
as Ongewasgone
(1988) War Party
as Ben Crowkiller
(2010) A Good Day to Die
as Himself - Co-Founder, American Indian Movement; Ojibwa
(1999) Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
as Self - AIM leader (archive footage)
(1992) Incident at Oglala
as Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement
(2011) California Indian
as Himself
(1992) Thunderheart
as Self
(1985) Broken Rainbow
as Self - American Indian Movement
(1991) Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
as Self - American Indian Movement
(2008) Older Than America
as Pete Goodfeather
(1996) All Power to the People!
as Self (archive footage)