John Trudell
Actor · Music Consultant · Music
Born Feb 15, 1946 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Active 1989–2015
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.
Filmography
Thunderheart (1992) — Jimmy Looks TwiceExtreme Measures (1996) — TonySmoke Signals (1998) — Randy PeoneOn Deadly Ground (1994) — Johnny RedfeatherPowwow Highway (1989) — Louie Short HairIncident at Oglala (1992) — Music ConsultantDreamkeeper (2003) — CoyoteA Thousand Roads (2005) — Narrator (voice)Dark Blood (2012) — Indian #2Dreamkeeper (2003) — CoyoteTrudell (2005) — MusicAmerica's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie (2005) — Black Hawk (voice)