Pine Ridge Shootout: FBI Agents Fall Amidst Tensions
A firefight on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation killed two FBI agents and one member of the American Indian Movement in circumstances that remain bitterly disputed. Leonard Peltier's subsequent conviction on murder charges, based on evidence many legal scholars consider fabricated, made him the longest-serving political prisoner in U.S. history and a symbol of injustice toward Native Americans.
June 26, 1975
51 years ago
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South Dakota
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American Indian Movement
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Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
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Leonard Peltier
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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American Indian Movement
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Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
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South Dakota
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Leonard Peltier
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