Dennis Banks

Dennis Banks
Dennis Banks
Naawakamig
	Banks in 2013
Born	April 12, 1937; Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, United States
Died	October 29, 2017 (aged 80); Rochester, Minnesota
Nationality	Ojibwe, American
Occupation(s)	Teacher, lecturer, activist, author
Children	20

Dennis Banks (April 12, 1937, in Ojibwe – October 29, 2017) was a Native American activist, teacher, and author. He was a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, which he co-founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1968 to represent urban Indians. He was a pre-eminent spokesman for Native Americans. His protests won government concessions and created national attention and sympathy for the oppression and deplorable endemic social and economic conditions for Native Americans.^[2]

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