Roger A. Finzel photograph collection 1973-1974
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Means, Russell, 1939-2012
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Russell Charles Means (born Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, November 10, 1939-died Rapid City, South Dakota, October 22, 2012) was an Oglala Lakota activist for the rights of Native Americans, libertarian political activist, actor, musician, and writer. He became a prominent member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) after joining the organization in 1968 and helped organize notable events that attracted national and international media coverage....
American Indian Movement
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The American Indian Movement (AIM) is an American Indian advocacy group in the United States, founded in July 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota....
Finzel, Roger A.
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As members of the National Lawyers Guild, Roger Finzel and Eda Gordon volunteered to join the Wounded Knee Legal Defense/Offense Committee, formed after the 1973 liberation of the Wounded Knee Massacre site on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Finzel served as a staff attorney for the Defense Committee. Gordon, as the committee's press liaison and later as an investigator of Wounded Knee cases. Finzel and Gordon moved to Washington, D.C., and later to Albuquerque, N.M. the...
