| LC control no. | n 93053700 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3570.R758 |
| Personal name heading | Trudell, John |
| Located | Santa Clara County (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1946-02-15 |
| Death date | 2015-12-08 |
| Place of birth | Omaha (Neb.) |
| Place of death | Santa Clara County (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | American poetry Spoken word poetry, American Indians of North America--Politics and government Protest movements Music Motion picture acting Hemp industry Lobbying |
| Affiliation | American Indian Movement Hempstead Project Heart |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Political activists Musicians Actors Lobbyists |
| Found in | His AKA grafitti man [SR] p1992: label (John Trudell) Internet movie database, Aug. 21, 2009 (John Trudell; b. 15 Feb. 1946, Omaha; National Chairman of the American Indian Movement (1973-1979); poet, musician, actor) Los Angeles times WWW site, viewed Dec. 9, 2015 (in obituary dated Dec. 8, 2015: John Trudell, who was a spokesman for American Indian protesters during their 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island and later headed the American Indian Movement, died Tuesday [Dec. 8, 2015] at age 69 at his home in Santa Clara County in Northern California; born Feb. 15, 1946, in Omaha, Nebraska; prolific poet, combining spoken words and music on more than a dozen albums; acted in several movies; in 2012, Trudell and singer Willie Nelson co-founded Hempstead Project Heart, which advocates for legalizing the growing of hemp for industrial purposes as a more environmentally sound alternative to crops used for clothing, biofuel and food) |
| Associated language | eng |
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