Dennis Banks

Dennis Banks

🎂 12th April 1937 (89 yrs) 📍 Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, USA

Known For

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.

Dennis Banks

Movies Featuring Dennis Banks

California Indian

California Indian (2011)

as Himself

A Good Day to Die

A Good Day to Die (2010)

as Self - Co-Founder, American Indian Movement; Ojibwa

Older Than America

Older Than America (2008)

as Pete Goodfeather

Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson

Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson (1999)

as Self - AIM leader (archive footage)

All Power to the People!

All Power to the People! (1996)

as Self (archive footage)

The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

as Ongewasgone

Incident at Oglala

Incident at Oglala (1992)

as Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement

Thunderheart

Thunderheart (1992)

as Self

Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier (1991)

as Self - American Indian Movement

War Party

War Party (1988)

as Ben Crowkiller

Broken Rainbow

Broken Rainbow (1985)

as Self - American Indian Movement