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Dennis Banks

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I have a Father's Day every day.


— Dennis Banks


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Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow.


— Dennis Banks


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When you have a spiritual foundation, you look at poverty differently then.


— Dennis Banks


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Every man should see the birth of his children.


— Dennis Banks


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The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us.


— Dennis Banks


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It also called upon traditional people in the Four Directions to strengthen the healing ceremonies and asked people to heed the warnings of Mother Earth.


— Dennis Banks


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And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing.


— Dennis Banks


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To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides.


— Dennis Banks


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Even the people who come our way look upon us in amazement, that we run only for the healing of Mother Earth.


— Dennis Banks


#come #earth #even #healing #look

I'm on this road for the rest of my life.


— Dennis Banks


#life #my life #rest #road






About Dennis Banks






Did you know about Dennis Banks?

Banks participated in the 1969-1971 occupation of Alcatraz Island initiated by Indian students from San Francisco of the Red Power movement and intended to highlight Native American issues and promote Indian sovereignty on their own lands. In 1985 Banks left Onondaga to surrender to law enforcement officials in South Dakota. In 1978 he establiDennis Banksd the first spiritual run from Davis to Los Angeles which is now an annual event.

" He has been a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement which he cofounded in 1968 with Native Americans in Minneapolis. Banks is also known as Nowa Cumig (Naawakamig in the Double Vowel System).

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