Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

July 13, 2017

MuckRock looks at FBI files on John Trudell: FBI unwilling to investigate arson case that claimed his family


The FBI considered charging the American Indian Movement’s John Trudell with “Insurrection”

File shows the Bureau unwilling to investigate arson case that claimed activist’s family
Written by Curtis Waltman
Edited by JPat Brown
To mark the 49th anniversary this week of the founding of the American Indian Movement (AIM), we’re taking a look at the FBI file of John Trudell, esteemed Santee Dakota poet, writer, speaker, and musician who was a key member of AIM, rising to the rank of National Chairman by the mid seventies.
Read the article at MuckRock 

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