# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-trudell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:14:32.054Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-trudell"
name: "John Trudell"
slug: "john-trudell"
description: "John Trudell was an American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the 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, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota."
tagline: "Native American rights activist, musician, poet, and actor (1946-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Trudell_1997-09-24_61232-37.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1946-02-15"
deathDate: "2015-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.117016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0874067"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johntrudell.com/"
sources:
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    title: "John Trudell"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump