A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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August 30, 1973 - MPR’s Kevin McKiernan reports that the Custer, South Dakota grand jury returned indictments against Russell Means, Vernon Bellecourt, Dennis Banks and several others. Some 20 policemen came to hospital in Winter, SD and make arrests. Report details information on charges and bail.
August 30, 1973 - MPR’s Kevin McKiernan reports of harassment by the FBI and federal marshals coming out from Wounded Knee. Occupiers talk of rapes, shootings, and beatings. There are several harassment suits that have been opened against some FBI officers in Rapid City, South Dakota, including an incident of a man getting kicked down the stairs and that of a little girl getting shot in the eye. Thus far, no arrests have been made.
August 31, 1973 - MPR’s Kevin McKiernan reports on American Indian Movement co-founder Clyde Bellecourt’s hospitalization and a discussion to move him over security risk concerns.
August 31, 1973 - MPR’s Kevin McKiernan interviews unknown speaker (most likely Vernon Bellecourt), after arrest with Russell Means at Baptist Hospital while visiting Clyde Bellecourt on Aug. 30th. This immediately followed indictments handed down by the Indian grand jury in Custer, South Dakota.
August 31, 1973 - Vernon Bellecourt, American Indian Movement leader, is fasting until all arrested are released on reduced bond amounts.
September 1, 1973 - Moorhead poet Mary Anne Pryor reads her poetry about the region. Audio was recorded in segments during the fall of 1973 at KCCM.
September 1, 1973 - Minnesota poet Robert Bly lectures about the importance of reading poetry aloud, starting with Homer, and “feeling” poetry vs. knowing it.
September 2, 1973 - MPR’s Kevin McKiernan interviews unknown speaker, most likely Vernon Bellecourt, after arrest with Russell Means at Baptist Hospital while visiting Clyde Bellecourt on Aug. 30, which immediately followed indictments handed down by the Indian grand jury in Custer.
September 2, 1973 - Third week of testimony in Reserve Mining trial. Judge Miles Lord presiding. Testifying for the state, Dr. Robert Dill says that taconite dumping in Lake Superior is affecting area drinking water. Expert witness Dr. Gary Glass concurs.
September 2, 1973 - Proponent speech on how the proposed Equal Rights Amendment will affect women's political power / Speech on Pussycat League backlash.