OJIBWA WARRIOR

Ojibwa Warrior, Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement

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Ojibwa Warrior, Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement

Introduction

An obliging account of one of the most powerful Indian leaders in the US, this autobiography depicts how Banks was admitted by Bureau of Indian Affair (BIA) in a government run boarding school and taken away from his family in an effort to 'acculturate' him. After nine long years, he came back to the 'rez' Ojibwa just to discover what he had left, many of his culture's customs and his native Anishinabe language. Banks words are quoted in this book was remarkable as he said that 'my teachers had turn me into an 'apple' white from inside and red from outside, nevertheless, Banks remained at home for approximately two years only, attempting to relearning skills like rabbit trapping and reconnect with family, before he joined the Air Force in search of a place to sleep and for three time meals. When he returned from his tour in Japan in the late 1950s, he re-experienced the discrimination, cruelty and poverty that were preying on his nation in America. Furious by what he observed, Banks established the American Indian Movement (AIM) with the help of his friends & colleagues. His repeating of these events reads as flawlessly as a great campfire story. He takes readers deep inside the usual Sun Dances and Sweat Houses of his Ojibwa Tribe & deep into the action of the Trail of Broken Treaties — a peaceful march on Washington that turned into a historic, six-day takeover of the BIA headquarters. Bank's 11-year run from the FBI, his many children and wives and the strategies of AIM everything have been covered in this narrative, making this book a significant inclusion to this history of civil rights movements in the US and Native American.

Summarized conclusion of the book

The main points of the books can be summarized as, Dennis Bank a Native American has been sent to boarding school where he was grown up with the white people and most of his thoughts than reflects the opinions of white. But after completing education he came back home and learnt the way of life his tribe was living. He during his education has even forgotten his mother tongue. Before he could completely reconnect to his tribe, he was appointed in air force. This book ...