who is john trudell
Home Â» John Trudell. I'm just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly losing its understanding of being human.. John Trudell. John Trudell, born in 1946 in Omaha, Nebraska, is the son of a Santee Dakota father and a Mexican mother. He grew up near the Santee Reservation in northern Nebraska. He is an author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist.