Ojibwa Warrior
Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement

Dennis Banks (Author), Richard Erdoes (Contributions by)

9780806136912

Paperback / softback, published 21 February 2005

352 pages, 73 black & white illustrations
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.522 kg

Dennis Banks, an American Indian of the Ojibwa Tribe and a founder of the American Indian Movement, is one of the most influential Indian leaders of our time. In Ojibwa Warrior, written with acclaimed writer and photographer Richard Erdoes, Banks tells his own story for the first time and also traces the rise of the American Indian Movement (AIM). The authors present an insider's understanding of AIM protest events - the Trail of Broken Treaties march to Washington, D.C.; the resulting takeover of the BIA building; the riot at Custer, South Dakota; and the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee. Enhancing the narrative are dramatic photographs, most taken by Richard Erdoes, depicting key people and events.