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geardaddy

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7. From Wikipedia

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 30, 2017, 03:53 PM

Oct 2017

Dennis Banks (April 12, 1937 – October 29, 2017)[1][2], a Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist and author, was an Anishinaabe born on Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Banks

I know they have the label of Chippewa for some of the Anishinaabe nations, but I believe Chippewa is a bastardization of Ojibwe.

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Dennis Banks, American Indian Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 80 [View all] jpak Oct 2017 OP

requiescat in pace, brave warrior. niyad Oct 2017 #1

Mii-gwech Mr. Banks. geardaddy Oct 2017 #2

I think he would call himself Ojibwe or Anishinaabe, not Chippewa. geardaddy Oct 2017 #3

Ojibwe band, Chippewa tribe. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #6

From Wikipedia geardaddy Oct 2017 #7

Biindigen Nowa Cumig FailureToCommunicate Oct 2017 #4

Walk in beauty on the Spirit Road, Mr. Banks Achilleaze Oct 2017 #5

Wasn't he part of the protest occupation of Alcatraz? trof Oct 2017 #8

He was. From wiki Leghorn21 Oct 2017 #9

Some of my fellow pilots ran supplies out to them. trof Oct 2017 #10

Thank you, trof - I certainly did not know this!! nt Leghorn21 Oct 2017 #11

I should say it was by boat, not by air. trof Oct 2017 #12

Gentle passage, my brother. Chii meegwetch for your devotion to us & your advocacy. catbyte Oct 2017 #13

Sad news ... RIP Raine Oct 2017 #14

Rest in peace, Mr. Banks. You've been admired from a distance by so many. Judi Lynn Oct 2017 #15

Rest In Peace, brother warrior peacebuzzard Oct 2017 #16

Another 20th Century hero down. donotpissoffacow Oct 2017 #17

RIP gopiscrap Oct 2017 #18

Happy Hunting Grounds.... AnotherDreamWeaver Oct 2017 #19