Dennis Banks

Born

April 12, 1937 in Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, USA

Died

October 29, 2007

Popularity

1.191

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.