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Dennis Banks speaks during Beaver Island Museum Week, 2011

Also Dennis Banks Museum Week Beaver Island 2011

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Date2011-07-24
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Summary

The August 2011 Beacon reports that Dennis Banks, cofounder of the American Indian Movement, spoke during Museum Week about his life and his walk across America. The account says he discussed using diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes to overcome some forms of diabetes.

Evidence limits

The retrospective gives no precise venue or attendance count and does not independently document the medical claims beyond reporting Banks’s talk.

Sources

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Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, August 2011, "Dennis Banks."
    Reports that American Indian Movement cofounder Dennis Banks spoke during Museum Week about his life and walk across America, emphasizing diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes to address diabetes. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the Dennis Banks program report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-08_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Dennis Banks speaks during Beaver Island Museum Week, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dennis-banks-museum-week-program-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2011, "Dennis Banks." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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