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Ghost Dancing the Law: The Wounded Knee Trials (Revised)
by Ghost Dancing the Law: The Wounded Knee Trials (Revised)
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After the siege ended at Wounded Knee the real battle had yet to be fought. The 1973 standoff in South Dakota between Oglala Lakota Indians and federal lawmen led to the criminal prosecution of American Indian Movement leaders Dennis Banks and Russell Means. The ten month trial had all the earmarks of a political tribunal; with the defense led by William Kunstler and the prosecution backed by the Nixon administration, it became a media battle for public opinion. This first book-length study of the Wounded Knee trials demonstrates the impact that legal institutions and the media have on political dissent. It also shows how the dissenters as defendants can influence these institutions and the surrounding political and cultural climate.
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- Harvard University Press Brand
- May 5, 2000 Pub Date:
- 0674001842 ISBN-10:
- 9780674001848 ISBN-13:
- English Language
- 320 Pages
- 8.88 in * 5.63 in * 0.79 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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