Episode One: June 26, 1975

LEONARD: Political Prisoner

English - June 26, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MB
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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?