While the Chief prayed, the FBI raided Rosebud Rez in S.Dakota, deploying 185+ agents in air-land-river ops on Crow Dog’s Paradise in search for Leonard Peltier, Dino Butler, Bob Robideau and the others who survived the tragic firefight on Pine Ridge Reservation in late June.
During the 1973 Academy Awards, Sacheen Littlefeather declined an Oscar on Marlon Brando’s behalf for The Godfather in protest of the treatment of Native Americans during the Wounded Knee occupation, which kicked off 50 years ago yesterday!
S2 E10 “Dragnet” is out now 🎙️❤️🎧
Pride and emotion at the 50th anniversary of the
10-week uprising at Wounded Knee in 1973, SD:
Hundreds of Oglala Lakotas and their supporters held ceremonies, prayed for the victims of the 1890 massacre and honored the sacrifices of the '73 vets.
https://t.co/Cjq9Tdu3Tq
In 1973 when Marlon Brando won the Oscar for his role in the Godfather, the A-lister asked actress Sacheen Littlefeather to refuse the honor in protest of the treatment of Native Americans at the Wounded Knee standoff, the 50th anniversary of which is this February 27th.
On November 25, 1975, Leonard Peltier was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder by a grand jury in Rapid City, South Dakota. So what was he doing in actor Marlon Brando’s RV? Listen to S2 E10 “Dragnet” out now!
#freeleonardpeltier#truecrime#Indigenous
The FBI manhunt for the Jumping Bull campers intensifies and nets all of the AIMsters except Leonard, who is caravaning up the West Coast in an RV owned by actor Marlon Brando.
S2 E10 “Dragnet” is out now wherever you listen to your #podcasts 🚁🎙️🎧
America’s Biggest Museums Fail to Return Native American Human Remains
The remains of more than 100,000 Native Americans are held by prestigious U.S. institutions, despite a 1990 law meant to return them to tribal nations.
https://t.co/wp5iXt1k9J
For Leonard & all of his supporters: THANK YOU & keep using the hashtag #FreeLeonardPeltier@jbendery clearly shows the watermark of 1000+
In #twitter-world, #Leonard’s supporters surpass that hashtag 1,000 threshold often in a 24hr period.
@twitter shd proclaim it more often.
Faith leaders, legal scholars, Human Rights groups and citizens around the world have called for Leonard Peltier's freedom. Why is he still in prison after 47 years in failing health. What's wrong with this picture?????? @KevinHSharp@SecDebHaaland@MMFlint#freeleonardpeltier