John Trudell

Actor

Born: February 15, 1946
Died: December 8, 2015 (age 69)
From: Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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…

Filmography (18)

Lakota Nation vs. United States (2022)
Self (archive footage)
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017)
Self
Taking Alcatraz (2015)
Self (archive footage)
Dark Blood (2012)
Indian #2
Reel Injun (2010)
Self
No More Smoke Signals (2009)
self
The 11th Hour (2007)
Self
America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie (2005)
Black Hawk (voice)
A Thousand Roads (2005)
Narrator (voice)
Trudell (2005)
Self / Narrator (voice)
Dreamkeeper (2003)
Coyote
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson (1999)
Self - Santee Sioux
Smoke Signals (1998)
Randy Peone
Extreme Measures (1996)
Tony
On Deadly Ground (1994)
Johnny Redfeather
Incident at Oglala (1992)
Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement
Thunderheart (1992)
Jimmy Looks Twice
Powwow Highway (1989)
Louie Short Hair