RSSJohn Trudell - Mateel Meal Benefit
Thursday, March 25, 2010
LOCATION
Mateel Community Center (go to Venue)
59 Rusk Lane
Redway, California
(707) 923-3368
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Thursday, March 25th
John Trudell
In a Benefit for the Mateel Meal
After getting out of the military, Trudell became involved in Indian activism and became the spokesperson for the Indians of All Tribes occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969. He joined the American Indian Movement. Although not officially elected, he acted as its national chairman from 1972 until 1979 after Carter Camp went to jail.
In 1979, his mother-in-law, pregnant wife (Tina Manning), and three children were killed in a fire at their home. His losses led him to his "hanging on lines", as he has said in spoken word pieces.
In 1979, Trudell met Jackson Browne and became interested in the musical world. Trudell recorded an album, A.K.A Graffiti Man, with Kiowa guitarist Jesse Ed Davis, originally available only on cassette tape. In 1992 he remade A.K.A Graffiti Man. More recent endeavors include Blue Indians (1999) and Bone Days.
