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Dennis Banks

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Dennis Banks was born on the Leech Lake Reservation of Minnesota’s Ojibwa Tribe. He was raised by his grandparents, but at the age of five, Banks was taken from his grandparents and sent to government-run schools to assimilate Native American children. Banks met Russell Means and helped grow AIM in the early 1970s. Along with Means, Banks became the face of the American Indian Movement after Wounded Knee. Banks was involved with many of the key Native American civil rights protests of the 1970s, including the Occupation of Alcatraz, the occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington D.C., the occupation of Wounded Knee, and The Longest March. Banks passed away in 2012 from complications of pneumonia.

Sources:
Karnowski, Steve. “Native American activist Dennis Banks dies at age 80.” AP News, Oct. 30, 2017, https://apnews.com/article/1c04cc7faef345d8855f62f7eeb7ade1.
Katz, Brigit. “Dennis Banks, Native American Civil Rights Warrior, Has Died.” Smithsonian Magazine, Oct. 31, 2017, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dennis-banks-native-american-civil-rights-warrior-has-died-180967037/.

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