John Trudell
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.
Known For
The West
On Deadly Ground
Thunderheart
Extreme Measures
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
The 11th Hour
Dark Blood
Lakota Nation vs. United States
All Movies (18)
- Lakota Nation vs. United States2022 · as Self (archive footage)
- Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World2017 · as Self
- Taking Alcatraz2015 · as Self (archive footage)
- Dark Blood2012 · as Indian #2
- Reel Injun2010 · as Self
- No More Smoke Signals2009 · as self
- The 11th Hour2007 · as Self
- America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie2005 · as Black Hawk (voice)
- A Thousand Roads2005 · as Narrator (voice)
- Trudell2005 · as Self / Narrator (voice)
- Dreamkeeper2003 · as Coyote
- Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson1999 · as Self - Santee Sioux
- Smoke Signals1998 · as Randy Peone
- Extreme Measures1996 · as Tony
- On Deadly Ground1994 · as Johnny Redfeather
- Incident at Oglala1992 · as Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement
- Thunderheart1992 · as Jimmy Looks Twice
- Powwow Highway1989 · as Louie Short Hair
All TV Shows (3)
- Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae2024 · as Self - AIM National Chairman (archive footage)
- Dreamkeeper2003 · as Coyote
- The West1996 · as Self