John Trudell
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, USA — Feb 15 1946• Died Dec 08 2015
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John Trudell was an American Indian author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Indian Movement, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After his pregnant wife, three children and mother-in-law were killed in 1979 in a fire at the home of his parents-in-law on the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada, Trudell turned to…
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The West
Self
On Deadly Ground
Johnny Redfeather
Extreme Measures
Tony
Thunderheart
Jimmy Looks Twice
Smoke Signals
Randy Peone
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
Self - AIM National Chairman (archive footage)
Dreamkeeper
Coyote
Trudell
Self / Narrator (voice)
The 11th Hour
Self
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
Crew
Dark Blood
Indian #2
Dreamkeeper
Coyote
Powwow Highway
Louie Short Hair
Reel Injun
Self
Incident at Oglala
Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement
Lakota Nation vs. United States
Self (archive footage)
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
Self - Santee Sioux
A Thousand Roads
Narrator (voice)
Taking Alcatraz
Self (archive footage)
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Self
America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie
Black Hawk (voice)
No More Smoke Signals
self