and oral tradition

They lacked the understanding to differentiate such raids-Indians defending their homeland against invasion-from the aggressive decimation of peaceful Indian villages by U

As it moves from one language to another the core meaning remains the same

but melded to imagination

and ceremonies that marked the individual's passage from birth to death

Ojibwa Warrior: Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement recovery and oral traditionDennis Banks, an American Indian of the Ojibwa Tribe and a founder of the American Indian Movement, is one of the most influential Indian leaders of our time. In Ojibwa Warrior, written with acclaimed writer and photographer Richard Erdoes, Banks tells his own story for the first time and also traces the rise of the American Indian Movement (AIM). The authors present an insider s understanding of AIM protest events the Trail of Broken Treaties march