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Birthday
Apr 12, 1937 (88 years old)
Death date
Oct 29, 2007
Dennis Banks
Known For
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
This doc explores "The Band" guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson's...
All Power to the People!
Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists...
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of...
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
2011
California Indian
2008
Older Than America
1999
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1996
All Power to the People!
1992
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
Incident at Oglala
1992
Thunderheart
1991
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
1988
War Party
1985
Broken Rainbow