Dennis Banks
Born: 1937-04-12 in Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, USA
Died: 2007-10-29
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae as Self - AIM Co-Founder (archive footage)
2011
- California Indian as Himself
2010
- A Good Day to Die as Self - Co-Founder, American Indian Movement; Ojibwa
2008
- Older Than America as Pete Goodfeather
1999
- Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson as Self - AIM leader (archive footage)
1996
- All Power to the People! as Self (archive footage)
1992
- The Last of the Mohicans as Ongewasgone
- Thunderheart as Self
- Incident at Oglala as Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement
1991
- Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier as Self - American Indian Movement
1988
- War Party as Ben Crowkiller
1985
- Broken Rainbow as Self - American Indian Movement