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Article: Ojibwa Warrior: Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement.(Book Review)
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- USA TODAY
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- September 1, 2004
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OJIBWA WARRIOR Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement BY DENNIS BANKS WITH RICHARD ERDOES UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 2004 362 PAGES, $29.95
Dennis Banks is a name few will recognize, although the publicity for the book calls him probably "the most influential Indian leader of our time." Among those few, some will damn him; others will sing his praises. Born on the Ojibwa (Chippewa) reservation of Leech Lake in northern Minnesota, he was given an Indian name meaning, "At the center of the Universe; Forcibly educated at an Indian grammar school in Pipestone, Minn., he grew to hate whites and their disciplined life. (Native Americans generally ...