what is being ignored by mamny is that the lakota people were in a civil war and at war with the american government. the usa was ruling pine ridge reservation like they ruled many a central american country through a local dictator and a goon squad. in this case the goon squad was actuallt called the goons(guardians of the oglala nation) armed by the bureau of indian affairs. the fbi were also targeting the native traditionalists and activists who were forming a loose coalition under the aim banner.

the long and the short is the representative sof the unites states government and the fbi murdered hundreds of natives. when this was put before the courts in the first trial all were aquitted. in addition to the faked evidence the fbi colluded and or committed murder on the pine ridge reservation. this was all an extension of the racist genocide committed aginst american natives to take their country. it was similar in canada in gustaffsoon lake.

the level of violence committed by fbi and their proxies was unconscionable. then they faked affidavits to get peltier extradited from canada. the affidavits were later shown to be perjury but no action was taken against the fbi perjurers and peltier was already in the usa.

the whole thing was a part of the ongoing racism of the united states government against the one people they can never let up on. natives, at least they can never let up untill they are mostly dead. the souix still have a legitimate legal claim to a sovereign nation under the ft laramie treaty and the us supremem court agreed but offered only a cash settlement rather than a return of part of the land. the souix have remained strong in rejecting that offer. they want their land..

the whole peltier case stinks to the high heavens. not only was he not involved in the killings he was part of the group targeted by the bri and their proxies. their remains no direct evidence linking him to the murders and they were not mruders to start with, natives were defending their lands from the illegal intrusions by government agents--which was conformed by the first trial. the second trial was a put up job and no one at any level was prepared to defy the fbi.

it is a sin how peltier had been treated in jail.

having been a lawyer i really should write a book on the consistent depravation of natives legal civil and human rights in the courts of canada and the united states. i british columbia they tried to charge a man defending natives with contempt of court for saying that the judiciary had been involved in a racist conspiracy. this was so controversial they got clayton ruby from ontario to review the ethics of this. ruby said yes its contepmt of court but its true, and we shouldn't punish people for speaking the truth in court. so one of the top lawyers in canada said it was true. does any one need more. out courts have never treated natives fairly. they didn't even allow natives to sue into the seventies in most provinces, nor to appeal convictions without approval from indian affairs. people are upset about israeli apartheid, well it's canada and the usa that are the apartheid states.under south african apartheid the courts all went along as well, as they did in nazi germany--really courts ultimately do what the power brokers weant. occasionally they do some good and then the powerfull get rid of that loop hole.