John Trudell
Born February 15, 1946 (Age: 80)
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Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Biography
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.
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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Filmography
Lakota Nation vs. United States
2022
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 76
Taking Alcatraz
2015
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 69
America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie
2005
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as Black Hawk (voice)
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Age: 59
A Thousand Roads
2005
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 58
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999
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as Self - Santee Sioux
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Age: 52
Smoke Signals
1998
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as Randy Peone
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Age: 52
Extreme Measures
1996
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as Tony
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Age: 50
On Deadly Ground
1994
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as Johnny Redfeather
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Age: 48
Incident at Oglala
1992
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as Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement
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Age: 46
Thunderheart
1992
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as Jimmy Looks Twice
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Age: 46
Powwow Highway
1989
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as Louie Short Hair
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Age: 43