Personal info
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 4/12/1937
- Birthplace
- Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, USA
- Died
- 10/29/2007 (aged 70)
- Gender
- Male
- Also known as
- Nowa Cumig, Naawakamig, Dennis J. Banks
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.
12 titles
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
Ongewasgone
Thunderheart
1992
Self
Older Than America
2008
Pete Goodfeather
Incident at Oglala
1992
Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement
Broken Rainbow
1985
Self - American Indian Movement
War Party
1988
Ben Crowkiller
All Power to the People!
1996
Self (archive footage)
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
2024TV
Self - AIM Co-Founder (archive footage)
A Good Day to Die
2010
Self - Co-Founder, American Indian Movement; Ojibwa
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999
Self - AIM leader (archive footage)
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
1991
Self - American Indian Movement
California Indian
2011
Himself
