Leonard Peltier has spent the last 44 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. This is the story of how he ended up behind bars, and the people who’ve been working for decades to set him free.
In honor and respect of the 45th anniversary of the Oglala Incident, we are excited to share Episode 1 “June 26, 1975.” In the podcast we travel to the Badlands of South Dakota to visit the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation with friend and guide, Edgar Bear Runner.
Summary: A decade of tension between the American Indian Movement and the Federal Government turns deadly.
Description: On the morning of June 26, 1975, a firefight broke out on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and members of the American Indian Movement. By noon, three people lay dead: AIM member Joe Stuntz, and special agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams. But why was the FBI shooting at AIM activists on sovereign Lakota land in the first place?
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