Dennis Banks, Native American Activist And Wounded Knee Occupier, Dies At 80
Banks was a founding member of the American Indian Movement and a leader of the armed occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973.
Dennis Banks, a Native American activist who co-founded the American Indian Movement and helped lead the 1973 armed occupation of Wounded Knee, has died at 80.
His death was announced on Facebook, and confirmed by his family in a statement to The Associated Press.
Banks was Ojibwe and Turtle Clan, and his Ojibwe name was Nowa Cumig. He died surrounded by his family on Sunday.
He co-founded the American Indian Movement, or AIM,
