Banks once bragged he fathered over 70 children out of wedlock, mostly by underage girls. He is not a good role model. Banks is implicated in the shooting death of Ray Robinson at Wounded Knee in 1973. Robinson was a civil rights activist under MLK. Banks is certainly no MLK. Under his leadership and direction, Robinson’s body was buried near the village, along with what many believe are half a dozen victims who did not pass the interrogation test in the latter stages of the Wounded Knee occupation. Banks is rumored to have ended Robinson’s life by shooting him in the leg and letting him bleed to death.

During the recent Longest Walk to Washington, DC, Banks and his muscle men threatened people who participated; either turn over all donations or get beaten up. Talk to the people who actually did the Walk. Banks is a thug and a false hero who has lied and stolen and murdered his way to fame and Hollywood fortune. Any film that honors him merely perpetuates AIM propaganda detrimental to the hopes and dreams of Native Americans.

By any historical measure, Banks should be regarded with contempt. His evil deeds far outweigh whatever good he might have done for Indian people.