
John Trudell
Born February 15, 1946 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA · Died December 8, 2015 (aged 69)
John Trudell was a Native 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.
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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 writing, music and film as a second career. He acted in three films in the 1990s. The documentary Trudell (2005) was made about him and his life as an activist and artist.
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Acted in 15
LearningLakota Nation vs. United States2022
LearningRumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World2017
LearningDark Blood2012
Reel Injun2010
The 11th Hour2007
LearningA Thousand Roads2005
Trudell2005
Dreamkeeper2003
LearningMaking a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson1999
Smoke Signals1998
Extreme Measures1996
On Deadly Ground1994
Incident at Oglala1992
Thunderheart1992
Powwow Highway1989