Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman bids farewell to this world and sends a special greeting to his Irish friends. American Indian Movement "Minister of Culture" passes into the spirit world.
Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman died today. The actor and musician was a leading figure in the American Indian Movement for 40 years. His most famous role was "Chief Ten Bears" in Dances with Wolves.
Bill Means describes the US Government reaction to the American Indian Movement in the 1970's. The 1972 takeover of the BIA and negotiations with the White House Watergate criminals.
IRA Commander and Hunger Striker Brendan Hughes died 16 February 2008. OC of the prison protests from 1976 to 1980 that led to the 1981 Hunger Strike. A legend in the fight for Irish Freedom.
Bill Means describes the events of February 27, 1973 that led to the occupation of Wounded Knee. The meeting at Calico, the FBI in Pine Ridge and the first shots are fired.
Story of American Indian Movement Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier. Interviews with Dennis Banks and attorney Larry Leventhal. Song "Quiet Desperation" by Floyd "Red Crow" westerman.
The brutal murder of Wesley Bad Heart Bull in Buffalo Gap, SD in 1973. American Indian Movement demands that murder charges are filed at the Custer Courthouse on feb 6, 1973. Bill Means remembers.
The American Indian Movement is born on July 28, 1968. Forty years later the struggle for Treaty Rights continues and Leonard Peltier is spending his 32nd year in prison. A political prisoner of the U.S. Government.
Bill Means describes the first 24 hours of the 1973 occupation of wounded Knee. The American Indian Movement is surrounded by U.S. Marshalls, the FBI and BIA police. BIA police fire the first shots.
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