Documentary to tell of life of Native American activist

FORKS — A documentary showcasing the life of Native American activist, poet, recording artist, actor and speaker John Trudell will be shown at Peninsula College at Forks on Wednesday.

The film will be screened at 6:30 p.m. at the college branch at 481 S. Forks Ave.

Admission is free.

A short discussion led by a friend of Trudell will immediately follow the screening.

Trudell was the spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes’ takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz.

During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Indian Movement (AIM), based in Minneapolis.

After his pregnant wife, three children and mother-in-law were killed in 1979 in a suspicious fire at his in-laws’ home on the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada, Trudell turned to writing, music and film as a second career.

In the 2005 documentary “Trudell,” filmmaker Heather Rae tells his life story, from his impoverished childhood in Omaha to his leadership in the American Indian Movement. Trudell died in 2015.

For more information, contact DScannell@pencol.edu or call the Peninsula College Forks campus at 360-374-3223.

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