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John Trudell
Actor, Composer, Additional Credits
Died December 8, 2015 (69 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2012 | Dark Blood · as Indian #2 |
| 2009 | The National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV Series) · as Reader |
| 2003 | DreamKeeper · as Coyote |
| 1998 | Smoke Signals · as Randy Peone |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | Extreme Measures · as Tony |
| 1995 | The Way West · as Voice |
| 1994 | On Deadly Ground · as Johnny Redfeather |
| 1992 | Crossroads (1992) (TV Series) · as Virgil Little Eagle |
| 1992 | Thunderheart · as Jimmy Looks Twice |
| 1988 | Powwow Highway · as Louie Short Hair |