Leonard Peltier

Leonard Peltier

male, 65 years old
convicted of murder, American, amnesty international, From North Dakota, Ojibwa, COINTELPRO targets…American Indian Movement, PineRidgeIndianReservation, Indian Affairs
Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement. In 1977 he was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive...
Billy Mills

Billy Mills

male, 71 years old
University of Kansas alumni, from the United States, Haskell Indian Nations University, track and field athlete, 1964 Summer Olympics, All-America…PineRidgeIndianReservation
William ("Billy") Mills (born June 30, 1938) is the only American ever to win an Olympic gold medal in the 10,000 meter run which he did at the...
Dennis Banks

Dennis Banks

male, 77 years old
COINTELPRO target, ojibwe language, United States Congress, COINTELPRO targets, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federal government of the United States…American Indian Movement, PineRidgeIndianReservation, Leech Lake Indian Reservation
Dennis Banks (born April 12, 1937), a Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist and author, is an Anishinaabe born on Leech Lake Indian...
Anna Mae Aquash

Anna Mae Aquash

female, deceased (1975)
Red power, death by firearm in the United States, indigenous peoples, resistance movement, assassinated, from the Halifax Regional Municipality…american indian, American Indian in the United States, American Indian Movement, PineRidgeIndianReservation
Anna Mae Aquash (also Anna Mae Pictou Aquash or Anna Mae Pictou; first name also spelled Annie Mae; Mi'kmaq name Naguset Eask) (b. in a small...
Dick Wilson

Dick Wilson

male
amnesty international, Native American, Lakota tribe, goon, leader, Tribal Chairman…Bureau of Indian Affairs, PineRidgeIndianReservation
Dick Wilson (1934 - 1990) was the Oglala tribal chairman on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota from 1972 - 1976. The 1992...
Mary Crow Dog

Mary Crow Dog

female, 56 years old
Thunder Heart, writer, PineRidgeIndianReservation, Lakota Woman, Incident at Oglala, The Leonard Peltier Story, Lakota Woman, Siege at Wounded Knee…U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Rosebud Indian Reservation, American Indian Movement, born in Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota
Mary Crow Dog, also known as Mary Brave Bird (born 1953 on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota), is a Native American writer and activist....
Valentine McGillycuddy

Valentine McGillycuddy

male, deceased (1939)
Native American, lakota, surgeon general, Sioux, Berkeley, rapid city…Indian Agent, PineRidgeIndianReservation
Dr. Valentine Trant McGillycuddy (1849-1939) was a controversial pioneer of the effort to build a sustainable relationship between the United...

Michael Murphy

male
Omaha, brule, native american flute, Flutist, Rosebud, Winnebago…Rosebud Indian Reservation, PineRidgeIndianReservation
Michael John Murphy is a folk musician based in Omaha, Nebraska. He plays various instruments, notably the guitar and Native American flute. He is...

Fred Grove

male
writer, Native American, the oregon trail, Western writer, Sioux, Osage Nation…PineRidgeIndianReservation
Fred Grove, a Native American author, won five prestigious "Spur Awards" from Western Writers of America for his western novels. Born July 4, 1913...