Pedro Bissonette

Released
Date of birth:20. 01. 1944
Date of death:17. 10. 1973
Age:29† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Native American
Era:1970s
State:South Dakota
Support
Indigenous Sovereignty American Indian Movement
Pedro Bissonette

Biography

Oglala Lakota co-founder of the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization (OSCRO) and one of the primary organizers of the Wounded Knee occupation in 1973. After surrendering and facing federal charges arising from Wounded Knee, he was shot and killed by BIA tribal police on the Pine Ridge Reservation on October 17, 1973, in circumstances that AIM and his family have always disputed.

Case

Charges: Federal charges (Wounded Knee occupation)
Sentence: OSCRO co-founder and Wounded Knee organizer; after surrendering and facing federal charges arising from the 1973 occupation, he was shot and killed by BIA tribal police on the Pine Ridge Reservation on October 17, 1973, in disputed circumstances.
Convicted: No

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