Dennis Banks

Known for Acting

Dennis Banks's portrait

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Birthday: April 12, 1937

Deathday: October 29, 2007

Place of birth: 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.