Dennis Banks

Dennis Banks

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.

  • Title: Dennis Banks
  • Popularity: 1.49
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1937-04-12
  • Place of Birth: Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, USA
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  • Also Known As: Nowa Cumig, Naawakamig
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Dennis Banks Movies

  • 1992
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    The Last of the Mohicans
    The Last of the Mohicans

    7.383 1992 HD

    In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis

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  • 2010
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    A Good Day to Die
    A Good Day to Die

    6.5 2010 HD

    Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of...

    Genre: History

    Cast: Dennis Banks

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  • 1992
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    Incident at Oglala
    Incident at Oglala

    7.2 1992 HD

    On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Robert Redford

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  • 2011
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    California Indian
    California Indian

    1 2011 HD

    Nick Thomas, a Pomo Indian and a successful Los Angeles radio host, is forced back to the reservation to help his brother Chi, and tribal leader Rich...

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    Cast: Gary Farmer

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  • 2008
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    Older Than America
    Older Than America

    4.6 2008 HD

    The truth of the past come to light in a series of haunting visions in this drama. The strange visions grow more vivid with each passing day, a young...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Adam Beach

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  • 1996
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    All Power to the People!
    All Power to the People!

    5.8 1996 HD

    Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA officers, All Power to the People documents the...

    Genre: History

    Cast: Mumia Abu-Jamal

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  • 1999
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    Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
    Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson

    1 1999 HD

    This doc explores "The Band" guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson's Native American background. Half Mohawk on his mother's side, the film...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Robbie Robertson

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  • 1988
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    War Party
    War Party

    6.2 1988 HD

    One hundred years after the Battle of Milk River, both sides agree to reenact it. The cavalry are supposed to shoot blanks & the Indians weren't...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Kevin Dillon

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  • 1992
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    Thunderheart
    Thunderheart

    6.3 1992 HD

    An FBI man with Sioux background is sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation, where he has to come to terms with his heritage.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Val Kilmer

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  • 1985
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    Broken Rainbow
    Broken Rainbow

    5.4 1985 HD

    Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter MacDonald

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  • 1991
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    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

    1 1991 HD

    An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonard Peltier

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