Wotaninwowapi Page 11 March 27, 1975

a. CUSTER SOUTH DAKOTA AIM TRIALS BEGIN

Escamilla, Kingfisher and Black Horse WOUICTON, D.C. (AIPA) - March 5 "Riot by using force and violence Means--"Without legal cause, with in- are charged with an eleven-count indict- the opening of South Dakota's with three or more persons acting to- tent to do bodily harm without cause, will mark ment which includes the most serious of gether during riot. Banks carried a assault and battery on Terrence Mays moa against all charges against any of the Wounded members charged in connection with deadly weapon or dangerous weapon (wood- with dangerous weapon (wooden stool), (AIM) Knee defendants, ranging from conspiracy in Custer, S.D., in February en club or riot baton)." without intent to kill. Assault on Car- =outbreak to attempt to commit murder, and carry- followed the murder of an Banks, B. Nichols, D. Nichols, Laf- rie Mays with intent to inflict great of 1973, which ing with them a possible maximum sen- Wesley Bad Heart Bull, by a ferty and Carlson--"Burglary in third bodily injury. Riot by using force and Oglala man, tence of hundreds of years per defen- The first of this round of degree by breaking and entering vehicle violence together with three or more man. dant. tried in Custer. and of structure ,here property was kept persons acting together and without . , 11 be The final set of federal cases will persona have been convicted with intent to commit larceny by break- authority of law, and ensuing riot." Itral. be tried by Judge Nichol, who dismissed for their part in the Custer ing into locked passage compartment and "Means carried a deadly or dangerous and jailed the case last year against Sarah Bad Heart Bull, Og- locked trunk of the police vehicle, the weapon (wooden stool). Arson second de- demetration. and in Minneapolis, Minn. of the deceased Wesley, is property of Custer County Law Enforce- gree, aiding the burning of a building, lala, mother Trial has been set for Sioux City, Iowa, on parole after serving lees ment Commission. Took items including the property of another, without owner's currently pending a change of venue motion by the of her sentence. Robert High two shotguns and o. rifle. consent, Custer County Courthouse, Tex- than a year defense, with no set date, in the cases Oglala, and Kenneth Dahl, non-In- Banks, Bean, Bad Milk--"Injury to aco Gasoline Station, Custer Chamber of Digle, against , a medicine-man presently serving identical public building by causing it to burn, Commerce Building." dian, are from Rosebud, Sioux Reservation, and of from five to seven year Custer County Courthouse, by 1 Banks, In federal cases against Wounded Knee sentences Carter Camp (Ponca) and Stanley Holder I used riot baton and chair and broke win- defendants, Federal District Judge Craig ' sentences. (Wichita), both from Oklahoma. 1 defendant is expected to be dow panes and frames in clerk's office. has set May 5 as the trial date to begin , The first Camp is charged on a three-count in- executive director Dennis J. Banks, 2. Banks, used flagstaff and broke win- the Phoenix, Az., case of five men char- AIM dictment: "impeding, opposing, resisting Other defendants include dows of the clerk's office. 3. Bad Milk, ged with the so-called "Rap Brown Act," Chippewa. a United States postal inspector; put- Means (Oglala), Vernon threw bottles and other debris at Court- conspiring to transport arms across ' Bummll ting in fear unlawfully and willfully to (Chippewa), David Hill (Ute), house. 4. Brave Dixon, arson in the sec- state lines to incite a riot. The defen- Bellecourt take from the person of Jack Hansen (Chippewa), Paul Clifford ond degree by setting fire to and aid dants are Russell Means, Ronald Petite, ' John Carlson (with inspector) a pistol belonging to Delilah Bean, Ronald Bad Milk, the burning of Custer Chamber of Com- Eugene Heavyrunner, Herbert Powlees and (Oglala), the United States; and assault against Brave Dixon, Donald Lafferty, merce Building." Stanley Holder. A government informant, Boer& Vernon Grimes (an FBI agent)." Black Elk, Lawrence Red Shirt, Banks, Bellecourt, Hill, and Means--- Lon Smith, non-Indian, reportedly pur- Wined Helder is charged with "impeding, op- Clifford, Bernadine Nichols and conspired to commit arson in the second chased the weapons from a Phoenix pawn &head posing, resisting, intimidating and in- Nichols (all Oglala), and Robert and one or more did enact to ef- shop, put them in his car and transport- Darleme degree, terfering with a postal inspector; and (Kiowa). fect the object of the conspiracy." ed them from the establishment. Anko taking a pistol from Jack Hansen." Crow events at Custer," states the Hill, Lafferty, Black Elk, Red Smith was not charged as a party to "The Means, Dog is charged with the same two counts "were documented Bad Milk, Brave Dixon, the alleged crime. Following pre-trial irdictment, extensively Shirt, Anko, with the addition of a one-count larceny E. Clifford--Riot motions in early February, Arizona news- y by still photographs, t.v. and radio Bean, P. Clifford and for "taking from the Wounded boy papers carried an unrelated report that indictment °maws, and interested citizens during which arson in second degree, with intent to steal a resident of Phoenix, was a CIA Knee Trading Poet, Numrss. CBS, UPI were there, as well as using force and violence with three or Smith, other Court records show or purloin firearms, food and cameramen from the Department of Crimi- more persons: acting together and during agent of seven years. FBI. Accord- items." As the spe- of said riot. Smith to be an agent of the nal Investigation." listed, the course Camp and Holder face maximum sen- --"Assault and battery on Bernard ing to informed sources, Smith wrote cific charges as follows: Hill tences and fines of 21 years and/or weapon (riot baton) numerous letters to AIM members during Banks--"Riot by tieing force or vio- Christianson with Crow Dog faces possible penal- without the 1973 Wounded Knee siege stating that $10,000. lence without legal cause or authority with intent to do bodily harm $15,000.# buy gum. Reportedly, Smith ties of 26 years and/or of law, with three or more persons act- excuse and without intent to kill." he could City, S.D., to meet ing together and during the riot, Banks Means, Hill, Lafferty, Black Elk, Red made a trip to Rapid in the conspiracy case, directed others who participated in the Shirt, Anko, Bad Milk, Brave Dixon, with defendants purchase that re- riot - to acts of force or violence. As- Bean, P. Clifford and E. Clifford--"Riot initiating the Phoenix indictments. sault and battery on Dale Stoner with during which arson in second degree by sulted in the five against Wounded dangerous weapon (riot baton or club) using force and violence with three or Other federal cases are set to begin within with intent to do bodily 'harm without more persons together and during the Knee defendants March in Council Bluffs, intent to kill. course of said riot. the month of those cases include: "Arson in second degree by setting "Arson in second degree was committed Iowa. Defendants in Genieva Red Thunder, fire to and aiding in the burning of a by one or more of the rioters in that Bernard Escamilla, White Bear, Frank .ing, Texaco Gasoline Station, with- the Custer County Chamber of Commerce Joe Bill, Martina Kingfisher and nine :'ssier's consent and of by another. Building, the Texaco Gas Station, the Black Horse, Colin during the occupa- rn in second degree by setting fire Standard Oil Bulk Statton and a Custer non-Indians arrested Dakota police to and aiding the burning of a building, County police car were burnt and set tion when they told South their way to Wounded Knee. Cuter Chamber of Commerce, the property fire contrary to law and without owner's they were on of another without owner's consent. consent." Third degree burglary by breaking and entering of a vehicle, where property was kept, with intent to commit larceny or any other felony, sheriff's law en- foroment car.

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RESERVATION EAR PROGRAM UPDATED

Rick Figenshow, seated. and Dr. Cheng inspect patient's Health Riok Figenshow, a pars-medic working for the Indian ears with new equipment installed in the IRS clinic in around to Service, checks Chad Bear's ears. Rick travels Poplar. Dr. Cheng visits Poplar once a month to serve Reser- Montana's seven Indian reservations and Wind River any Indian people with ear problems referred to him by Shannon Ching. seated, is an audiologist station- vation in Wyoming as part of the IBS Mobile Ear Clinic the IRS Doctors. The microscope pictured and related prob- ed at the Eastern Montana Audiological Facility checking pre-school and grade school children for ear equipment behind Dr. Cheng cost approximately $6,000. in Glendive. Shannon covers 17 counties in Eastern lems. The most common ear problem on the Fort Peck Reser- Montana. Fe is shown testing Diane Chase. Poplar, vation is Acute Otitis Media, which rates as number six- at in a /15. -v)0 sound proof booth instalted at the teen of twenty leading causes for outpatient services clinic. the IRS Clinic' in Poplar for 1974.