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Dennis Banks
AKA: Nowa CumigBirthday: 1937-04-12
Died: 2007-10-29
Birthplace: Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, USA
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.