
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 12, 1937
Place of Birth
Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, USA
Died
October 29, 2007
Dennis 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.