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John Trudell is an American author, poet, actor, musician, and former 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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Born
Friday, 15 February 1946
Died
Tuesday, 08 December 2015
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World | Self / Self - Poet,Activist & Musician / Santee Dakota | 2017 |
Taking Alcatraz | Self (archive footage) | 2015 |
Dark Blood | Indian #2 | 2012 |
Reel Injun | Himself / Self | 2010 |
The National Parks: America's Best Idea | Reader | 2009 |
No More Smoke Signals | Self | 2009 |
The 11th Hour | Himself | 2007 |
Trudell | Self / Narrator (voice) | 2006 |
A Thousand Roads | Narrator | 2005 |
DreamKeeper | Coyote | 2003 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World | Self / Self - Poet,Activist & Musician / Santee Dakota | 2017 |
Taking Alcatraz | Self (archive footage) | 2015 |
Dark Blood | Indian #2 | 2012 |
Reel Injun | Himself / Self | 2010 |
The National Parks: America's Best Idea | Reader | 2009 |
No More Smoke Signals | Self | 2009 |
The 11th Hour | Himself | 2007 |
Trudell | Self / Narrator (voice) | 2006 |
A Thousand Roads | Narrator | 2005 |
DreamKeeper | Coyote | 2003 |
Smoke Signals | Randy Peone | 1998 |
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery | (voice) | 1997 |
Extreme Measures | Tony | 1996 |
The West | Self | 1996 |
On Deadly Ground | Johnny Redfeather | 1994 |
Crossroads | Virgil Little Eagle | 1992 |
Incident at Oglala | Himself - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement / Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement | 1992 |
Thunderheart | Jimmy Looks Twice | 1992 |
Powwow Highway | Louie Short Hair | 1988 |