A review by gravekait
Ojibwa Warrior: Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement by Dennis Banks

informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed reading this book. It had a great flow and provided a lot of insight into what AIM use to represent and how it formed. I docked a star because as this is Banks own biography, he inherently left out certain negative traits of his such as his “womanizing”. It is inherently biased to place him and AIM in a more positive light. Though I do not doubt that most of it is true, especially when discussing how the government treated them. I do have to take some of his personal insights and reflection with a grain of salt. No doubt, AIM was very powerful and a huge influence to Indigenous activism. Their impact is still felt today and I appreciate what he decided to share.