John Trudell

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John Trudell (2009)

John Trudell (born February 15, 1946 in Omaha , Nebraska , † December 8, 2015 in Santa Clara County , California ) was a political activist of the North American Indian movement , musician and actor. He is the son of a Santee - Indian and a Mexican woman near the Santee- Reserve grew up in Omaha.

Life

John Trudell's father was Santee Sioux and his mother was of Mexican-Indian ancestry. He served in the US Navy from 1963 to 1969 and took part in the Vietnam War .

In the United States he was involved in the occupation of the former prison island Alcatraz in the Bay of San Francisco by the Indians of All Tribes (English for: Indians of all tribes) in 1969/70 and joined the American Indian Movement , of which he was chairman from 1973 until 1979/80.

Hours after he gave a speech about the FBI's war against the Indians and burned an American flag outside FBI headquarters in Washington, DC on February 11, 1979, his father-in-law Arthur Manning's house in the Shoshone - Paiute Reservation was on fire from Duck Valley on the Idaho / Nevada border . Trudell's wife Tina, his three children and his mother-in-law were killed. John Trudell suspects arson by the FBI.

After this decisive experience, Trudell began to compose and later to set his poems to music. First with Jackson Browne , then with the Kiowa Jesse Ed Davis . After Davis's death, he added the music of Mark Shark to his poetry .

Trudell was also active as an actor. He was seen, for example, in the Hollywood film Half Blood .

John Trudell died on December 8, 2015 at the age of 69 years at a cancer in Santa Clara County in California.

Awards

John Trudell received three Native American Music Awards , 1998 for Living Legend , 2000 for Artist of the Year and for Song of the Year for Blue Indians with Jackson Browne .

Discography

  • Tribal Voice (1983)
  • Original AKA Graffiti Man (1986)
  • But This Isn't El Salvador (1987)
  • Heart Jump Bouquet (1987)
  • Fables and Other Realities (1991)
  • Child's Voice: Children of the Earth (1992)
  • AKA Grafitti Man (1992)
  • Johnny Damas and Me (1994)
  • Blue Indians (1999)
  • Descendant Now Ancestor (2001)
  • Bone Days (2002)
  • Live at Fip (2005)
  • DNA: Descendant Now Ancestor (2008)
  • Children of Earth - Childs Voice (2008)
  • Through the Dust (feat. Kwest) (2014)

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robert Jablon: John Trudell, American Indian Movement activist, poet and actor, dies in California at 69. ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: startribune.com. December 9, 2015, accessed December 9, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.startribune.com
personal data
SURNAME Trudell, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian freedom fighter, musician and actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Omaha , Nebraska , United States
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 2015
Place of death Santa Clara County , California , United States