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Major Case for Indians Faces Long Legal Battle
A seven-defendant federal case tied to the Wounded Knee occupation in 1973 moves toward trial. Defense lawyers frame it as a major civil rights case, hinging on the 1868 treaty and challenging federal authority. Trials will cover charges including conspiracy riot arson and assault of federal officers with proceedings set in South Dakota Minnesota and Oklahoma.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Wounded Knee
South Dakota
Minnesota
Oklahoma
U.S
American Indian Movement
Pine Ridge Reservation
FBI
Mark Lane
New York
Lane
Wounded Knee Legal Offense Defense Committee
Rapid City
S.C
Missouri River
Russell Means
Dennis Banks
Banks
America