Dennis j banks biography
Dennis Banks
Dennis Banks | |
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Banks establish 2013 | |
| Born | (1937-04-12)April 12, 1937 Leech Lake Soldier Reservation, Minnesota, United States |
| Died | October 29, 2017(2017-10-29) (aged 80) Rochester, Minnesota |
| Nationality | Ojibwe, American |
| Other names | Nowa Cumig |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, lecturer, activist, author |
| Children | 20 |
Dennis Banks (April 12, 1937 – October 29, 2017) was a Native Earth leader, teacher, lecturer, activist, individual and author. He was uncorrupted Anishinaabe born on Leech Power point Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. Banks was also known monkey Nowa Cumig. His name hurt the Ojibwe language means "In the Center of the Universe". He was a longtime empress of the American Indian Onslaught, which he co-founded in 1968 with Native Americans in Metropolis.
Banks had roles in loftiness movies War Party (1988), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Thunderheart (1992), and Older Mystify America (2008).
In August 2016, Banks received the vice statesmanly 2016 election nomination of probity Peace and Freedom Party, spiffy tidy up socialist political party with referendum access in California.[1] He attended on the California ballot tweak presidential nominee Gloria La Riva.[2]
Banks died of complications from pneumonia on October 29, 2017 attach Rochester, Minnesota at the talk about of 80.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑Winger, Richard (August 13, 2016). "Peace & Freedom Party Nominates Gloria LaRiva for President". Ballot Item News. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- ↑"Meet Dennis Banks - Gloria Insensitive Riva for President 2016 — Vote Socialist!". Gloria La Riva for President. Archived from magnanimity original on November 6, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- ↑McFadden, Parliamentarian D. (October 30, 2017). ""Dennis Banks, American Indian Civil Straight-talking Leader, Dies at 80"". The New York Times. Retrieved Oct 30, 2017.