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Sep 12, 2009 · On a Portland Oregon Public Access program, Native American Spoken Word Artist John Trudell discusses the circumstances and aftermath of a 1975 fire fight on...
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In late February 1975, an AIM group, including Peltier, traveled to the southwest (Shiprock) to assist John Trudell and Navajo AIM leader Larry Anderson in the eight-day takeover (February 25-March 3) of the Fairchild Corporation electronics plant, where underpaid Navajo women employees had lost their jobs for trying to protect themselves with ...
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May 23, 2020 · The Trial Of Leonard Peltier . On June 26 1975, two FBI agents and a Native man were killed in a shoot-out between some federal agents and AIM members along with local residents. In the court trial that followed, AIM member Leonard Peltier was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison.
Dec 11, 2015 · On February 11, 1979 in Washington D.C., to bring attention to the work of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, Trudell delivered a vociferously anti-government speech on the steps of the FBI building during which he burned an upside-down American flag and was arrested.
1963–1967. John Trudell (February 15, 1946 – December 8, 2015) was a Native American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the Indians of All Tribes ' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American ...
Feb 12, 2021 · In Thunderheart, Trudell plays a character based on Leonard Peltier, ... John Trudell: Thunderheart is the fictionalized account of the Incident at Oglala. The factual and fictional versions ...
