Synopsis This investigative report into the long-running disputes between members of the American Indian Movement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation--which included the violent siege of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in the 1970s--is based on the author's prodigious research into thousands of government documents he obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
Journalist Steve Hendricks uncovers what he says are long-suppressed truths about both the FBI and the Native American establishment. He reports on a long and intense campaign by the FBI against the Indian nation and its activists, and he tells of the role of some tribal leaders in undermining efforts by their fellow Indians to assert their rights. Re-creating the political and social context of the 1970s, Hendricks sees crimes, cover-ups, and violence by both sides, and reports on how the official version of those events conflicts with what his research reveals.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2006-10-02 |
| Size | | Length: | 490 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 28.8 oz |
Publisher's Note Citing the 1976 murder of Native American activist Anna Mae Aquash, a history of the adversarial relationship between the FBI and Native Americans draws on the author's archival research into previously unreleased documents to reveal murderous conspiracies and cover-ups on both sides of the unofficial conflict.
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