Dennis Banks

1937-04-12 - 2007-10-29 Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, USA

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.

Movies

The Last of the Mohicans

1992 7.4

as Ongewasgone

Older Than America

2008 4.6

as Pete Goodfeather

Thunderheart

1992 6.3

as Self

Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

1991 0.0

as Self - American Indian Movement

Broken Rainbow

1985 5.7

as Self - American Indian Movement

All Power to the People!

1996 5.8

as Self (archive footage)

Incident at Oglala

1992 7.2

as Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement

A Good Day to Die

2010 6.5

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

California Indian

2011 0.0

as Himself

War Party

1988 6.2

as Ben Crowkiller