Darlene Ka-Mook Nichols
| Darlene Ecoffey | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Ka-Mook |
| Born |
Darlene Pearl Nichols 1955 (age 61–62) Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, US |
| Residence | New Mexico |
| Nationality | American Indian Oglala Sioux |
| Occupation |
Civil rights activist FBI Informant Outpatient Therapist |
| Years active | 1972-1978 |
| Organization |
American Indian Movement (formerly) FBI (formerly) |
| Known for | The Longest Walk Wounded Knee incident |
| Spouse(s) | Dennis Banks (1972-1989) Robert G. Ecoffey (2004-Present) |
| Children | Tokala Banks Tiopa Banks Tasina Banks Tacanunpa Banks |
| Relatives | Bernie Nichols-Lafferty (sister) Barbara Robideau (sister) |
Darlene Nichols, also known by the names Kamook, Ka-Mook, Kamook Nichols and Ka-Mook Nichols, is the name of a former AIM member and Native American protester. She is best known for her role in the American Indian Movement for organizing (and participating in) The Longest Walk, and for serving as a key material witness in United States v. Peltier and United States v. Looking Cloud that ultimately led to the conviction of several AIM members in the murders of Anna Mae Aquash and two FBI special agents.
Darlene "Ka-Mook" Ecoffey was born Darlene Pearl Nichols in the city of Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. She is from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Sources vary on the exact age Nichols was when she first met Dennis Banks. Some sources say she met Banks at 17, some sources state 16, and others state that he met her when she was 14. Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement and one of its leaders, 34 at the time, started having a sexual affair with Nichols when she was 15-years-old, and had their first child together when she was 17.
Nichols had previously lived with AIM leader Dennis Banks for 17 years and is mother of four of Banks' thirteen children. She would separate from Banks in 1989. Shortly after the conviction of Arlo Looking Cloud on 8 February 2004 for the first-degree murder of Anna Mae Aquash, Nichols would marry Robert Ecoffey, who served as the lead investigator into Aquash's murder and now Bureau of Indian Affairs superintendent for the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in September 2004.
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