Incident at Oglala
On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.
Storyline
On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.
Robert Redford
Narrator (voice)
Leonard Peltier
Self
Norman Zigrossi
Self - Former Assistant FBI Regional Head, South Dakota
Robert Sikma
Self - Former Assistant U.S. Attorney
Darelle Butler
Self
Bob Robideau
Self
Norman Brown
Self
Duane Brewer
Self - Former GOON Squad Member
Calvin Jumping Bull
Self
William Muldrow
Self - U.S. Government Commission on Civil Rights
Dennis Banks
Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement
James Abourezk
Self - Former U.S. Senator, South Dakota
Sam Loud Hawk
Self
Severt Young Bear
Self
John Trudell
Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement
Kenneth Tilsen
Self - Wounded Knee Defense Attorney
Russell Means
Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement
William Kunstler
Self - Wounded Knee Defense Attorney
William Janklow
Self - Former Governor, South Dakota
Deborah White Plume
Self
Bernice White Hawk
Self
Jeannette Eagle Hawk
Self
Beau Little Sky
Self
Madonna Thunder Hawk
Self
Wallace Little
Self
Nilak Butler
Self
Wilma Blacksmith
Self
Kenny Loud Hawk
Self
Morris Wounded
Self
Lou Bean
Self
Billy Bean
Self
Russell Loud Hawk
Self
Edward McManus
Self - Butler-Robideau Trial Judge
Bruce Ellison
Self - Defense Attorney
John Lowe
Self - Attorney for Bob Robideau and Leonard Peltier
Robert Bolin
Self - Jury Foreman, Butler-Robideau Trial
Lynn Crooks
Self - Assistant U.S. Attorney
Evan Hultman
Self - Former U.S. Attorney
Myrtle Poor Bear
Self
Warren Allmand
Self - Former Minister for Indian & Northern Affairs, Canada
Gerald Heaney
Self - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
Robert Ecoffey
Self - Investigator, Bureau of Indian Affairs Police
Clarence Kelly
Self - Director of the F.B.I.
Jean Bordeaux
Self
Marquetta Peltier
Self
Dick Wilson
Self - Tribal Council Chairman (archive footage)
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