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Name at birth: Aristotle SavalasTelly Savalas is best remembered as TV's Kojak. The show ran from 1973-78; Kojak was a loose and tough-talking New York police detective known for his shiny bald head…Russell Means Biography
Russell Meansactivist, actorBorn: November 10, 1939Died: October 22, 2012Birthplace: Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Pine Ridge, South Dakota Russell Means, an Oglala Lakota, served as the…Wilma Mankiller
Name at birth: Wilma Pearl MankillerWilma Mankiller was the first woman to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, a post she held from 1985 until 1995. Mankiller was born on Cherokee land…John Frankenheimer Biography
John Frankenheimer director, producerBorn: 2/19/1930Birthplace: Malba, New York Beginning his career as a television director, he later became a major film director of the 1960s, with such…Wilma Mankiller Biography
Wilma Mankiller former chief of the Cherokee Nation Born: 11/18/1945Birthplace: Tahlequah, OklahomaDied: 04/06/2010 Mankiller was born in Mankiller Flats near Tahlequah, Oklahoma, but as a…Deloria, Vine Victor Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Deloria, Vine, Jr., 1933–2005, American author, theologian, historian, and activist, b. Marin, S.Dak. Considered by some to be the…Dennis Banks Biography
Dennis BanksAnishinabe (Ojibwa) activistBorn: Apr. 12, 1937Birthplace: Leech Lake, Minn. At an early age, Dennis Banks was removed from his home and sent to boarding schools, run by the…Benjamin Bratt Biography
Benjamin BrattactorBorn: 12/16/1963Birthplace: San Francisco, California Enshrined by People magazine as one of the world's sexiest guys, Bratt earned as much publicity for his now-defunct…James “Whitey” Bulger
Name at birth: James Joseph Bulger, Jr.Murderous mobster James "Whitey" Bulger was one of the most notorious American criminals of the 20th and then 21st century. He was on the F.B.I.'s 10 Most…Danny Glover
Danny Gloveractor, directorBorn: 7/22/1947Birthplace: San Francisco Involved with civil rights groups as a teen, Glover got involved in the dramatic arts as a way to spread the message. An…Trending
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