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JANUARY 15, 2006
www.grandronde.org
A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe
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Peace Movement Storytelling legend and Shoshone-Bannock Tribal member Ed Edmo entertained an overlow crowd on the evening of Saturday, January 7
that attended the Northwest Indian Storytellers Gathering. The event was held at PSU's Native American and Community Center. SEE PULLOUT ISSUE INSIDE.
Indian Icon Visits Tribe
AIM member Bob Robideau talks about the
importance of knowing your own history.
Robideau (Chippewa Ojibwe) and
Dino Butler (Siletz) ended in their
acquittal on the grounds of self-defense.
The case of one other, 19-year-old
Jimmy Eagle, was dropped
a few weeks after the Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa acquittal. The last of those
tried was Leonard Peltier, who was
found guilty on April 18, 1977 of
two counts of murder in the first
degree in the deaths at his trial in
Fargo, North Dakota.
All but Jimmy Eagle were mem
bers of the American Indian Move
ment (AIM), and had come to the
Pine Ridge Reservation at the re
quest of traditional Lakota Sioux
Tribal members who asked them to
provide protection from a Tribal
government that was a puppet for
the Bureau of Indian Affairs at a
See ROBIDEAU
on page 8
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By Ron Karten
Four men were indicted for the
June 26, 1975 firefight that resulted
in the deaths of two F.B.I, agents
on the Pine Ridge Reservation in
South Dakota. On July 16, 1976,
the Cedar Rapids trial of Bob
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HighWater Mark The South Yamhill Kiver in Grand Ronde rages as
rain in January is already over 300 percent of the normal rainfall amount for
the entire month. STORY AND MORE PHOTOS INSIDE ON PAGE 5.