Person
John Trudell
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 15, 1946
- Died
- Dec 8, 2015
- From
- 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.
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On Deadly Ground
Extreme Measures
Thunderheart
Smoke Signals
The 11th Hour
Reel Injun
Powwow Highway
Dark Blood
Dreamkeeper
The West
Incident at Oglala
Trudell
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Lakota Nation vs. United States
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
A Thousand Roads
No More Smoke Signals
Dreamkeeper