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American Indian Movement co-founder Benton-Banai dies at 89

by Amy ForlitiFelicia Fonseca
| December 4, 2020 12:12 AM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eddie Benton-Banai, who helped found the American Indian Movement partly in response to alleged police brutality against Indigenous people, has died. He was 89.

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