Dennis Banks

Birthday: April 12th, 1937 Date of Death: October 29th, 2007 Place of Birth: 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.