Dennis Banks

Actor Apr 12 (died age 70) Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, USA 1985–2024 (39 year career)

6.4 avg rating

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.

Known For

Film

The Last of the Mohicans

Ongewasgone

Film

Thunderheart

Self

Film

Incident at Oglala

Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement

Film

Older Than America

Pete Goodfeather

Film

Broken Rainbow

Self - American Indian Movement

Film

Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae

Self - AIM Co-Founder (archive footage)

Film

War Party

Ben Crowkiller

Film

All Power to the People!

Self (archive footage)

Filmography

Acting (12)

Movies (11)

California Indian

2011

as Himself

A Good Day to Die

2010

as Self - Co-Founder, American Indian Movement; Ojibwa

6.5

Older Than America

2008

as Pete Goodfeather

4.4

Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson

1999

as Self - AIM leader (archive footage)

All Power to the People!

1996

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

The Last of the Mohicans

as Ongewasgone

Thunderheart

as Self

Incident at Oglala

as Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement

7.0

Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

1991

as Self - American Indian Movement

War Party

1988

as Ben Crowkiller

6.2

Broken Rainbow

1985

as Self - American Indian Movement

5.7

Television (1)

Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae

2024

as Self - AIM Co-Founder (archive footage)

8.7