Incident at Oglala

Overview

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.

Release Date

08 May 1992

89 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Narrator (voice)
Self - Former Assistant FBI Regional Head, South Dakota
Self - Former Assistant U.S. Attorney
Self - Former GOON Squad Member
Self - U.S. Government Commission on Civil Rights
Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement
Self - Former U.S. Senator, South Dakota