Biographies: Dennis J. Banks - Actor

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A Native American activist, teacher, and author, born in Minnesota, United States. He co-founded the American Indian Movement and participated in the uprisings and demonstrations that were sometimes characterized by violence against the American government, including the armed control of Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1973. Some of his credits include The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and War Party (1988).