Dennis Banks | American Indian Movement, Wounded Knee, & Movies
Dennis Banks, (born April 12, 1937, Leech Lake Reservation, Minnesota, U.S.—died October 29, 2017, Rochester, Minnesota), Ojibwe activist and a founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM), a prominent Native rights organization. Banks led high-profile protests that increased awareness about the U.S. government’s long history of mistreatment of Native peoples. Banks was born on the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. His Ojibwe name was Nowa-Cumig (meaning “in the centre”), and he was a member of the Turtle Clan. He was raised in poverty by his grandparents, and, w...
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