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Dennis Banks
Actor, Author
1937 –
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Who is Dennis Banks?
Dennis Banks, a Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist and author, is an Anishinaabe born on Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. Banks is also known as Nowa Cumig. His name in the Ojibwe language means "In the Center of the Universe." He has been a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, which he cofounded in 1968 with Native Americans in Minneapolis.
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- Born
- Apr 12, 1937
Leech Lake Indian Reservation - Also known as
- Nowa Cumig
- Naawakamig
- Spouses
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Ojibwe
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of California, Davis
- Lived in
- Minnesota
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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