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

by Dennis Banks, Richard Erdoes (Contribution by)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780806136912
Publisher:	University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date:	02/21/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.84(d)

About the Author

Dennis Banks (1937–2017) was an American Indian activist, counselor, teacher, and consultant on American Indian rights. He owned a natural foods company in Federal Dam, Minnesota, that followed the traditions of his youth.

Table of Contents

	List of Illustrations	ix
1.	A Night to Remember	3
2.	At the Center of the Universe	12
3.	The Yellow Bus	24
4.	Interlude	32
5.	Machiko	43
6.	We AIM Not to Please	58
7.	Crow Dog	95
8.	On the Warpath	105
9.	Yellow Thunder	114
10.	Fishing in Troubled Waters	121
11.	One Hell of a Smoke Signal	126
12.	The Town with the Gunsmoke Flavor	145
13.	A Place Called Wounded Knee	157
14.	The Siege	167
15.	A Nation Reborn	181
16.	The Stand Down	196
17.	The Waters of Justice Have Been Polluted	210
18.	The Symbionese Liberation Army	228
19.	The Informer	266
20.	Fields of Terror	284
21.	Outlawed	299
22.	Exile	312
23.	Onondaga	329
24.	Freedom	338
25.	Suddenly I Am an "Elder"	348
26.	Looking Back	354