Additional info with date above entry were added from pamphlet printed in 1977 (some of their dates aren't exact) 1972January 1972 Raymond Yellow Thunder, a dignified older man, was harassed, beaten, tortured and humiliated before a crowd at an American Legion Dance and finally murdered in Gordon, Nebraska.
Additional info with date above entry were added from pamphlet printed in 1977 (some of their dates aren't exact)
1972
1973
April 1973 Glen Three Stars, a known goon, and Tote (John) Richards, also a goon, assaulted Hobart Keith, member of the tribal council, active in the impeachment effort.
April 14, 1973 Priscilla White Plume - AIM supporter killed at Manderson by GOONs. No investigation.
April 17, 1973 Frank Clearwater - AIM member killed by heavy machine gun round at Wounded Knee. No investigation
April 23, 1973 Between eight and twelve individuals (names unknown) packing supplies into wounded Knee were intercepted by GOONs [Guardians of the Oglala Nation] and vigilantes. None were ever heard from again. Former Rosebud Tribal President Robert Burnette and U.S. Justice Department Solicitor General Kent Frizzell conducted unsuccessful search for a mass grave after Wounded Knee siege. No further investigation.
April 27, 1973 Buddy Lamont - AIM member hit by M16 fire at Wounded Knee, Bled to death while pinned down by fire. No investigation.
June 1973 Clarence Cross and his brother Vernal were shot by BIA police while they slept in a car parked by the side of the road. Clarence died, and Vernal, who was also injured, was charged with his murder. For over a year, he was followed, harassed and attacked by BIA police, goon squad and FBI.
July 29, 1973 At Manderson, Pine Ridge – Curtis Ghost struck with a club by off duty BIA policeman, Jonathan Twist. Minutes later 2 BIA policemen arrived, grabbed Ghost and put him in a car. They also knocked down and beat Leo White Hawk. Cathy Eagle Hawk (8 Months Pregnant) was maced in the face by Twist. Harassment because of their identification with AIM.
July 30, 1973 Julius Bad Heart Bull - AIM supporter killed at Oglala by "person or persons unknown." No investigation.
August 31, 1973 Hearing confirmed the fact that WKLD/OC had been under constant surveillance since its National Meeting Memorial weekend at the Imperial 400 Hotel in Rapid City. 48 out of a total of 54 S.D. FBI agents were in Rapid City at that time.
September 22, 1973 Melvin Spider - AIM member killed in Porcupine, South Dakota. No investigation.
September 23, 1973 Philip Black Elk - AIM supporter killed when his house exploded. No investigation.
October 4, 1973 Dick Wilson’s car driven into Bissonette’s property by Bill Charging (friend of Wilson’s son). Charging was intoxicated and told Mark Lane that Wilson had offered to pay him $50 for coming to the Bissonettes to see what he could provoke.
October 5, 1973 Aloysius Long Soldier - AIM member killed at Kyle, S.D. by GOONs. No investigation.
Fall 1973Group of Goons shooting M-16s, fired at the Little Bear house striking seven year old Mary Ann and causing her to lose her right eye
October 10, 1973 Phillip Little Crow - AIM supporter beaten to death by GOONs at Pine Ridge. No investigation.
October 17, 1973 Pedro Bissonette - Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization (OSCRO) organizer and AIM supporter assassinated at a roadblock by BIA Police/GOONs. Body removed from Pine Ridge jurisdiction prior to autopsy by government contract coroner. No investigation.
November 20, 1973 Allison Fast Horse - AIM supporter shot to death near Pine Ridge by "unknown assailants." No investigation.
Post-Wounded Knee 1973Paul Herman, BIA police officer and Chris Red Elk, member of the goon squad, assaulted Helen Red Feather, a strong AIM supporter, and then arrested her. Mace was sprayed in her face repeatedly, her arm was twisted and she was kicked in the side although she told them she was four months pregnant.
1974
January 17,1974 Edward Means, Jr. - AIM member found dead in Pine Ridge alley, beaten. No investigation.
February 7, 1974 Milo Goings, a well-known AIM member and Wounded Knee defendant, has his car sprayed with bullets and his rear windshield shot out while driving his car.
February 7, 1974One woman activist describes election night: "There was shooting going on all over the reservation. It was just like the night Pedro Bisonette was killed."
February 18, 1974Verlyn Dale Bad Heart Bull is fatally shot in Allen, SD almost exactly a year after his brother was killed in Buffalo Gap.
February 1974Poker Joe Merrival, son of tribal attorney Ethel Merrival, is stabbed, and two other AIM supporters are beaten up
Early 1974The son in law of Bernice and Eugene White Hawk is taken 1/4 mile out of Manderson, and beaten while handcuffed. His thumbs are broken by the cops who stand on them in their boots
February 1974Between the primary and election for tribal chairman, numerous threats, harassments, intimidation and shootings directed against any who oppose the re-election of Dick Wilson. On Election Day, a young boy is shot.
February 27,1974 Edward Standing Soldier - AIM member killed near Pine Ridge by "party or parties unknown." No investigation.
April 19, 1974 Roxeine Roark - AIM supporter killed at Porcupine by "unknown assailants." Investigation open, still "pending."
May 27, 1974U.S. Commission on Civil Rights investigation of the Feb 7 election of tribal chairman Dick Wilson at Pine Ridge substantiated such things as: people submitted absentee ballots who had not previously registered.
July 5, 1974Office of WKLD/OC in Pierre, S.D. is raided by Attorney General William Janklow, Deputy Sheriff Arthur Marso, and a police officer. They have no warrant and will not leave when requested to do so. Lawyer Mark Lane closes the door in a firm fashion and after repeated requests they leave. Members of the defense committee flee Hughes County with essential defense documents in fear that Janklow will attempt to seize them. These documents are a confidential survey conducted under the direction of attorney for John Carlson, an Indian defendant, showing anti-Indian prejudice in S.D
September 7, 1974 Dennis LeCompte - AIM member killed at Pine Ridge by GOONs. No investigation.
September 11, 1974 Jackson Washington Cutt - AIM member killed at Parmalee by "unknown individuals." Investigation still "ongoing."
September 16, 1974 Robert Reddy - AIM member killed at Kyle by gunshot. No investigation.
October 12, 1974Pine Ridge home of Dick Marshall, officer of the Committee for Better Tribal Government, invaded by four goons who harass him and others
November 16, 1974 Delphine Crow Dog - sister of AIM spiritual leader Leonard Crow Dog. Beaten by BIA police and left lying in a field. Died from "exposure." No investigation.
November 18, 1974One person killed, 5 wounded at Chester Stone’s home by Jess Trueblood who then kills himself, according to the police version. The case is being reopened. Suspicion that Manny Wilson (son of Dick) did the killing is also revived.
November 20, 1974 Elaine Wagner - AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by "person or persons unknown." No investigation.
December 3, 1974 John S. Moore - 20 year old Penobscot from Maine, AIM supporter stabbed to death in Lincoln, Nebraska. With stab wounds through the neck and face, and with other cuts and brusies, death was ruled a "suicide". Eight years later, the "suicide" ruling was changed, but no other investigation was ever done.
December 28,1974 Yvette Loraine Lone Hill - AIM supporter killed at Kyle by "unknown party or parties." No investigation.
Winter 1974A man named Jerry is chased and shot at while trying to catch his horse; he is beaten around the head and suffers permanent damage to his hearing.
1975
February 2, 1975Exchange of gunfire on Pine Ridge between AIM and others
February 27, 1975Six legal workers, lawyers and a Wounded Knee defendant are beaten on orders from Dick Wilson, who personally witnesses the incident after ordering his goons to "stomp ‘em." Also on Feb. 27, 1975, a group of AIM members are beaten, chased through a roadblock and shot at. Meanwhile AIM members Severt Young Bear and Marvin Ghost Bear, both elected tribal council members, are locked in the jail and surrounded by goons. BIA police hide in the tribal offices throughout these incidents. Wilson and the goons are indicted for misdemeanor assault only after intensive publicity about the matter (something that never happens when Indians are the only victims) while the AIM members are indicted for serious felonies
March 1,1975 Martin Montileaux - killed in a Scenic, S.D. bar. AIM leader Richard Marshall later framed for his murder. Russell Means also charged and acquitted.
March 9, 1975Josh Steele, a known goon, shot dead in his car near his home in Manderson.
March 19, 1975Jerry Bear Shield is charged with the murder of Josh Steele
March 20,1975 Stacy Cotter - shot to death in an ambush at Manderson. No investigation.
March 21,1975 Edith Eagle Hawk and her two children - AIM supporter killed in an automobile accident after being run off the road by a white vigilante, Albert Coomes. Coomes was also killed in the accident. GOON Mark Clifford identified as having also been in the Coomes car, escaped. Investigation closed without questioning Clifford.Albert Coomes and Mark Clifford, both goons, repeatedly ram the car in which the Eagle Hawk and White Hawk families are riding. The car is forced off the road. Edith Eagle Hawk, 37, her four month old daughter, Linda and Earl W. Janis Jr. are killed. Coomes also killed. Edith Eagle Hawk is an eyewitness to Josh Steele shooting incident.
March 27, 1975 Jeanette Bissonette - AIM supporter killed by sniper at Pine Ridge. Unsuccessful attempt to link AIM members to murder; no other investigation.Jeanette Bisonette shot and killed while her car was parked on the side of the road. She was returning from the wake of Stacy Cortier. She was shot by a high-powered rifle.
March 30, 1975 Richard Eagle - grandson of AIM supporter Gladys Bissonette killed while playing with loaded gun kept in the house as protection from GOON attacks.Spring 1975Four goons break into the home of Dick Marshall and Dave Clifford while a fifth goon assaults the residents. In self-defense Clifford shoots [?] Bettelyoun. Only Clifford is taken into custody and charged with assault to do great bodily harm. His home is shot up and firebombed after his family flees for safety. No on is arrested or charged.
April 4, 1975 Hilda R. Good Buffalo - AIM supporter stabbed to death at Pine Ridge by GOONs. No investigation.
April 4, 1975 Jancita Eagle Deer - AIM member beaten and run over with automobile. Last seen in the company of provocateur Douglass Durham. No investigation.
April 27, 1975Orville Schwartings, hired hand, drives by shooting at the cluster housing in Batesland, shouting, "I’m going to kill all the Indians!" Mrs. Katherine Hudson is present at this incident and has Etta May Runnels call into the police station in Pine Ridge. Nothing is done as usual since it was a white man.
May 20, 1975 Ben Sitting Up - AIM member killed at Wanblee by "unknown assailants." No investigation.
June 1, 1975 Kenneth Little - AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by GOONs. Investigation still "pending."
June 15, 1975 Leah Spotted Elk - AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by GOONs. No investigation.
June 26, 1975 Joseph Stuntz Killsright - AIM member killed by FBI sniper during Oglala firefight. No investigation. Joseph Bedell Stuntz, Sr. Incident at Oglala Warrior American Indian Movement Patriot C'oeur D'Alene Tribe Spokane, Wash. Oct 22, 1951 - June 26, 1975
July 4, 1975BIA policeman Dan Mesteth takes Chris and Ben Fire Thunder to the Wounded Knee Community Hall, handcuffs and beats them. Chris had been arrested about 25 times since Wounded Knee 1973; the arrests often include beatings
July 1975FBI agents attempt to rape Colleen Clifford near Manderson Housing.
July 10-14, 1975Goons beat Stan Star severely and leave him at the PHS hospital, thinking he is dead. He receives deep gashes in the top of his head, a broken arm, and his face is beaten so severely that a week later, his eyes are swollen shut and his teeth have to be wired.
July 12, 1975 James Briggs Yellow - heart attack caused by FBI air assault on his home. No investigation.
July 25, 1975 Andrew Paul Stewart - nephew of AIM spiritual leader Leonard Crow Dog, killed by GOONs on Pine Ridge. No investigation.
July 1975An old man (in his eighties) dies of a heart attack after being threatened by FBI agents with M-16s and other weapons.
August 1975Leroy Apple kills Homer Bluebird after a series of Harassment incidents
August 25, 1975 Randy Hunter - AIM supporter killed at Kyle by "party or parties unknown". Investigation still "ongoing."
September 1975Eugenio White Hawk is injured when goons rum him down on the highway. They are driving a car, he is riding a horse; the horse has to be shot
September 9, 1975 Howard Blue Bird - AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by GOONs. No investigation.
September 10, 1975 Jim Little - AIM supporter stomped to death by GOONs in Oglala. No investigation.
September 13, 1975Four men kick Jim Little to death in daylight in the cluster housing in Oglala. Those who try to break up the beating are chased away with boards; one is knocked unconscious.
October 1975Cheyenne Nichol’s home in Pine Ridge is shot up while she is in Rapid City.
October 13, 1975Four Explosions rock Pine Ridge Village, damaging an electric transformer, the Tribal Court House (a trailer) the BIA Building and the Law and Order Building.
October 26, 1975 Olivia Binais - AIM supporter killed in Porcupine by "person or persons unknown." Investigation still "open."
October 26, 1975 Janice Black Bear - AIM supporter killed at Manderson by GOONs. No investigation.
October 27, 1975 Michelle Tobacco - AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by "unknown persons." No investigation.
November 1975Danny Merrival is shot in the Mouth
Mid November 1975Frank Grooms removes a log house from the property of Irene Big Elk, who was buying the house from him and was caught up on her payments. Her son, who is living in the house, goes to town for supplies and comes home to find the house and everything in it gone. The house is removed by Grooms, who also takes a range, refrigerator, Skelgas heater, table and chairs, bedding, rug, and clothing.
November 3, 1975Frank Wilson (brother of Dick) is intimidated outside a White Clay bar
Week of November 10, 1975Edgar Bear Runner attacked in the Sioux Nation Supermarket by Manny Wilson (son of Dick) and two other goons who flee when the manager calls the police. Later the same day, his brother Dennis is run off the highway near his home in Porcupine by Goons. The same week the BIA SWAT team attempts to assassinate three members of AIM and then conducts a high-speed chase of the car in which the AIM members are riding across the reservation
December 5, 1975Glen Janis shoots and kills Carl Plenty Arrows and Frank Lapointe.
December 6, 1975 Carl Plenty Arrows Sr. - AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by "unknown persons." No investigation.
December 6, 1975 Frank La Pointe - AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by GOONs. No investigation.
Week of Dec. 12, 1975BIA police shoot Joe Swift Bird in the back in Pine Ridge.
December 12, 1975Late night shoot out among members of the goon squad in North Ridge Housing in Pine Ridge.
December 25, 1975 Floyd S. Binais - AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by GOONs. No investigation.
Dec. 31, 1975Lou Bean and two companions are shot at as they attempt to walk from her house to a friends. Police come and arrest her companion and send her home. No attempt is made to arrest those doing the shooting. This occurs in Crazy Horse Housing, Pine Ridge.
1976January 1976Winnie Red Shirt’s head is grazed by a bullet shot from a car going past the store in Porcupine. She is the mother of Larry Red Shirt, the coordinator for the Lakota Treaty Council. Some witnesses say the people were actually shooting at Dick Marshall, long time reservation organizer and AIM member. Police try to claim Mrs. Red Shirt was hit by a rock, not a bullet. The hospital report says it was a bullet.
January 5,1976 Lydia Cut Grass - AIM member killed at Wounded Knee by GOONs. No investigation.
January 30,1976 Byron DeSersa - OSCRO organizer and AIM supporter assassinated by GOONs in Wanblee. Arrests by local authorities resulted in two GOONs - Dale Janis and Charlie Winters, serving two years of five year sentences for "manslaughter." Charges dropped against two Goon leaders, Manny Wilson and Chuck Richards , on the basis of "self-defense" despite DeSersa having been unarmed when shot to death.Byron DeSersa is murdered by goons during a chase. His car with passengers, all unarmed, is chased by six cars of known goons. After the car is wrecked, the goons prevent his getting medical attention, and he bleeds to death. His death is preceded by a day of shooting and threats by Pine Ridge goons. Authorities do nothing to stop the attacks on AIM members, supporters and traditionalists. Police arrest two people being shot at on old warrants.
February,1976 Anna Mae Pictou Aquash - AIM organizer assassinated on Pine Ridge.. FBI involved in attempt to conceal cause of death. Ongoing attempt to establish "AIM involvement" in murder. Key FBI personnel never deposed. Coroner never deposed. [depose-to remove from power...to testify or bear witness, especially on oath in court] Anna Mae Pictou (Aquash) Warrior Woman Wounded Knee 1973 American Indian Movement Patriot MicMac Tribe Shubencadie, Nova Scotia March 27, 1945 - Feb. 1976
February 1976Car of young people driving from the AIM school in Rapid City late night is chased by a car at high speed from Scenic to Sharps Corner (near Porcupine). The AIM car is wrecked. Three of the four occupants are killed. Selma Johnson survives but has head and back injuries. This is the third such accident in a year. All of the victims have been AIM or AIM supporters. Authorities refuse to improve patrolling of the area.
February 6,1976 Lena R. Slow Bear - AIM supporter killed at Oglala by GOONs, She is found dead on the side of the road near Oglala. She was 16. No investigation.
March 1,1976 Hobart Horse - AIM member beaten, shot, and repeatedly run over with automobile at Sharp's Corners. No investigation.
March 26, 1976 Cleveland Reddest - AIM member killed at Kyle by "person or persons unknown." No investigation.
April 28, 1976 Betty Jo Dubray - AIM supporter beaten to death at Martin, S.D. No investigation.
May 6, 1976 Marvin Two Two - Aim supporter shot to death at Pine Ridge. No investigation.
May 9, 1976 Julia Pretty Hips - AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by "unknown assailants." No investigation.
May 24, 1976 Sam Afraid of Bear - AIM supporter shot to death at Pine Ridge. Investigation "ongoing."
June 4, 1976 Kevin Hill - AIM supporter killed at Oglala by "party or parties unknown." Investigation "still open."
July 3, 1976 Betty Means - AIM member killed at Pine Ridge by GOONs. No investigation.
July 31, 1976 Sandra Wounded Foot - AIM supporter and a fifteen year old student, was tortured, raped and murdered by Federal Officer Paul Duane Herman. He was allowed to plead guilty to a charge of manslaughter!
This is only a partial list. There are probably almost as many more incidents that we have never even heard about. There are also more subltle attacks: of having an inadequate diet while white ranchers cattle graze in the front yard, of knowing there is no adequate health care available if you get sick and no preventive care at all; of all the subtly genocidal policies of a U.S. government afraid of issues like Treaty agreements, jurisdiction, sovereignty, control of land and programs and abolition of the 1934 and 1936 Indian government reorganization acts.