August 31, 1973 - Vernon Bellecourt, American Indian Movement leader, is fasting until all arrested are released on reduced bond amounts.
September 2, 1973 - MPR’s Dulcie Lawrence reports on Jane VanDeusen, a Minnesota registered nurse, running for mayor on a health care platform as part of the Socialists Workers Party ticket.
September 2, 1973 - John Gardner, former secretary of HEW and founder/president of Common Cause speaks to the Rural Electric Co-Operative on the decline of confidence in government.
September 2, 1973 - Proponent speech on how the proposed Equal Rights Amendment will affect women's political power / Speech on Pussycat League backlash.
September 4, 1973 - The FBI stakeout car's license plate was recorded by two legal workers who were subsequently arrested. Action was taken against the FBI for false arrest. There are currently 54 FBI agents in South Dakota; usually there are five. 48 are stationed in Rapid City. Mark Lane, attorney representing AIM, talks about FBI harassment in South Dakota. He comments on John Dean's (at the Watergate hearings) remarks on taping the activities of American Indians, FBI agents' testimonies, guns removed from agents in court, government conspiracy against American Indians, and goon squads that resulted with a little girl shot in eye.
September 14, 1973 - Ten percent of population in Rapid City is Indian. Mayor of Rapid City, Don Barnett, talks about problems with some Indian citizens, the assimilation of Indians, the need to respect Indian culture. Talks about AIM leaders not being from South Dakota. Mayor says "It's a white society, not an Indian society". The idea of a reservation is a bad idea, it's like a cage, the concept of the reservation has failed.
September 17, 1973 - MPR’s Paul Gruchow reports on U.S. Senator Walter Mondale’s speech on the congressional floor about abuses of Nixon administration.
October 4, 1973 - Brief report on American Indian Movement (AIM) rally at University of Minnesota on September 25, 1973, followed by various speeches from rally. Speakers included Allan Spear, Angela Davis and Russell Means.
October 7, 1973 - Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward speaking at Ford Hall Forum. Title of address was “Watergate: A National Crisis.”
October 9, 1973 - Laura Nader, American anthropologist, speaking at Macalester College. Nader’s address was on the topic of community understanding, or lack thereof, law.