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Free John Graham info night | |
Date | Friday December 17 |
Time | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
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Location Details | |
RCNV - 515 Broadway - Santa Cruz | |
Event Type | Screening |
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT:
John Graham, Anna Mae Aquash, and the FBI's War on Indigenous Resistance An Info Night to honor indigenous warriors John Graham and Anna Mae Aquash This Friday, December 17th 6:00pm @ the RCNV - 515 Broadway - Santa Cruz On December 10th, a South Dakota jury wrongfully convicted native land defender John Graham of the 1975/76 murder of his friend and comrade in the American Indian Movement, Anna Mae Aquash. John Graham was found guilty based on insubstantiative testimony, without a shred of physical evidence, and now faces life imprisonment. * FILM SCREENING: We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee 1973 50 minutes / directed by Stanley Nelson / released in 2009 A documentary that chronicles the 1973 armed occupation of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, conveying the atmosphere of violent repression during this period known as the “Reign of Terror”, as well as the spirit of the resistance movement that brought Aquash and Graham to Pine Ridge. * John Graham case update with pictures, Q & A. * A brief slideshow about present-day indigenous resistance to mining and land theft in the US and Canada. * Donations will be collected for John’s commissary. * Supplies will be available to draft letters & cards for John. Please join us to honor this living history of resistance to the colonial occupation of indigenous lands, and to discuss what relevant lessons we can draw from this history. |
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