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.
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 (Movies)
Lakota Nation vs. United States
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/06/2022
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Character:Self
Release Date:26/07/2017
Taking Alcatraz
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/11/2015
Dark Blood
Character:Indian #2
Release Date:27/09/2012
Reel Injun
Character:Self
Release Date:19/02/2010
No More Smoke Signals
Character:self
Release Date:16/04/2009
The 11th Hour
Character:Self
Release Date:17/08/2007
America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie
Character:Black Hawk (voice)
Release Date:01/09/2005
A Thousand Roads
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:23/01/2005
Trudell
Character:Self / Narrator (voice)
Release Date:20/01/2005
Dreamkeeper
Character:Coyote
Release Date:28/12/2003
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
Character:Self - Santee Sioux
Release Date:01/01/1999
Smoke Signals
Character:Randy Peone
Release Date:26/06/1998
Extreme Measures
Character:Tony
Release Date:27/09/1996
On Deadly Ground
Character:Johnny Redfeather
Release Date:18/02/1994
Incident at Oglala
Character:Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement
Release Date:08/05/1992
Thunderheart
Character:Jimmy Looks Twice
Release Date:03/04/1992
Powwow Highway
Character:Louie Short Hair
Release Date:24/02/1989
Television Appearances
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