How did Trudell die?

Terminal illness

Likewise, what happened to John Trudell?

John Trudell, whose outspokenness and charisma made him a leading advocate of Native American rights, and who channeled his message of righteous defiance into poetry and songwriting, died on Tuesday at his home in Santa Clara County, Calif. He was 69. The cause was cancer, said Cree Miller, the trustee of Mr.

Furthermore, what did Trudell do? John Trudell was a Santee Dakota activist, artist, actor, and poet, who led a life dedicated to indigenous human rights, land and language issues. He helped spark a spoken word movement that is a continuation of Native American oral traditions. He walked on December 8 at the age of 69.

Similarly, you may ask, where is Trudell buried?

15, 1946, in Omaha. His father was a Santee Sioux. Trudell grew up near the Santee Sioux reservation and served in the Navy on a destroyer off Vietnam.

John Trudell.

Birth	15 Feb 1946 Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Death	8 Dec 2015 (aged 69) Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA
Burial	Unknown

How old is John Trudell?

69 years (1946–2015)

What tribe was Trudell?

Trudell was born in Omaha, Nebraska on February 15, 1946, as the son of a Santee Dakota father and a Mexican mother. He grew up in small towns near the Santee Sioux Reservation in northern Nebraska near the southeast corner of South Dakota. He was educated in local schools and also in Santee Dakota culture.