Just two years after the occupation of Woudinny by the American Indian Movement and residents of the Oglala Nation,

a reign of terror brought violence and death in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

On June 26, 1975, two FBI agents were killed at the Jumping Bowl property.

They died within 10 minutes of the shooting and their death triggered a nationwide manhunt and sparked several hours of gunfire that left Joe Stuntz dead and another imprisoned for life.

While his co-defendants, Dino Butler and Bob Rubidu,

were found not guilty by reason of self-defense.

Leonard Peltier was charged with the murder of the two FBI agents

and is currently sitting two consecutive life. with the nation and residents of the Oglala community get together and remember the sad

events that transpired that day and they remember those who were killed such as

Joe Stuntz and those who died in the aftermath of the reign of terror such as enemy

Alquash. Youth runners make a journey from Camp Justice, which was a camp created

by Lakota Mothers in protest of alcohol sales in the white clay community,

and the runners run to the cemetery where Joe Stuntz and enemy aquash were buried.

While the rest of the nation has moved on

from the tragic events of that day

and the so-called reign of terror

that brought death and destruction

to the reservation community in the wake of the Wounded Knee occupation,

the wounds are still fresh in the minds of many of the Oglala residents.

The events are as much somber in commemoration of those who lost their lives as they are celebratory

for the victories that were achieved.

It was here in this humble community that began an international movement that led to the adoption

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