The Longest Walk 2

Shusli and I met Dennis Banks some years ago when he was speaking at the PSU Native American Student Union. During that lecture he talked about doing "The Longest Walk 2."

Shusli and I talked with him about the walk. Shusli said she would like to help him out with it. They corresponded via e-mail for a while, and then we went to the Siletz Powwow. We ran into an acquaintance, RV, there and when Shusli told him she was working with Dennis Banks on "The Longest Walk 2," RV went into a tirade that went something like this:

"AIM was nothing but a bunch of poverty pimps. They took money from Indians and partied on it. Dennis Banks has 16 illegitimate children and can't go through (I don't remember the state mentioned) because he'd get arrested since he never paid child support on those children. AIM also received a million dollars from Moammar Ghadaffi meant to help Indians in their struggles and they used it on limo rides and parties." That isn't verbatim, but it went something like that. More on RV later.

Shusli sent Dennis an e-mail asking if his 16 illegitimate children and not paying child support was true. It didn't matter to her so much that she wouldn't help with "The Longest Walk 2," but she wanted to know if RV was lying. Dennis never responded and never contacted Shusli again.