1946-02-15 ( 79 years old ) in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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 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.
Movies
Lakota Nation vs. United States
2022-06-11
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2017-07-26
Taking Alcatraz
2015-11-01
Dark Blood
2012-09-27
Reel Injun
2010-02-19
No More Smoke Signals
2009-04-16
The 11th Hour
2007-08-17
A Thousand Roads
2005-01-23
Trudell
2005-01-20
Dreamkeeper
2003-12-28
Smoke Signals
1998-06-26
Extreme Measures
1996-09-27
On Deadly Ground
1994-02-18
Incident at Oglala
1992-05-08
Thunderheart
1992-04-03
Powwow Highway
1989-02-24
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