The story of Native American activist, John Trudell, is one borne of tragedy in which he gained strength and hope, struggling to get the voice of his peoples heard.
From the moment that the Indians of All Tribes movement occupied Alcatraz until his death in 2015, he spoke for equality and against the injustices in society.
His ability to get the message across and connect individual stories to the wider narrative of the Native Americans made him a force that even the FBI saw as a threat.
“He’s extremely eloquent, and therefore extremely dangerous,” reads a line in Trudell’s FBI dossier. They had no idea that the even greater danger lay in a deeper kind of power: his power to reveal inequality and injustice while appealing to natural liberty.
(Image credit: John Trudell)
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