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"In the Beginning" by Fred Olds. From postcard from the Oklahoma Territorial Museum.

Indian leader confer

Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III: · Page 5.9
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Physical location
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 5.9
Material type
Newspaper Clippings (Newspaper / Clipping)
Date
1991-02-13
Description
Peltier is a leader of the American Indian Movement. He is asking U.S. District Judge Richard Rogers to either free him or order a new trial. Peltier's lawyers claim that the first trial was tainted that it pervaded the courtroom, and that the prosecutor failed to disclose key evidence.
Publication or source
The Kansas City Star
Subjects and names
Court case, trial, free, American Indian Movement, Judge Richard Rogers, Leonard Peltier, Mistrial,

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