What is John Trudell?
[[File:JohnTrudellCannabisCommonSense (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Trudell in 2009]] '''John Trudell''' (February 15, 1946 – December 8, 2015) was a [[Native American]] [[author]], [[poet]], [[actor]], [[musician]], and political [[activist]]. He was the spokesperson for the United [[Occupation of Alcatraz|Indians of All Tribes]]' [[Occupation of Alcatraz|takeover of Alcatraz]] beginning in 1969. He was partners with [[Marcheline Bertrand]], [[Angelina Jolie]]'s mother, until her death in 2007. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the [[American Indian Movement]]. He was born in [[Omaha, Nebraska]]. In 2015, Trudell died of [[cancer]] at age 69 in [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]], [[California]].<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/american-indian-activist-poet-john-trudell-dies-69-35658485 American Indian Activist, Poet John Trudell Dies at 69]</ref> == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Wikiquote}} * [http://www.johntrudell.com Official John Trudell website] * {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p30543}} * {{imdb name|874067}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Trudell, John}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in California]] [[Category:Native American actors]] [[Category:American poets]] [[Category:American activists]] [[Category:Musicians from Omaha, Nebraska]] [[Category:Actors from Omaha, Nebraska]] [[Category:Writers from Omaha, Nebraska]] {{US-bio-stub}}