Дэннис Бэнкс

Dennis Banks, a Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist and author, is an Anishinaabe born on Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. Banks is also known as Nowa Cumig. His name in the Ojibwe language means In the Center of the Universe. He has been a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, which he co-founded in 1968 with Native Americans in Minneapolis.