"During the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, a Lakota girl reconnects with her heritage, grapples with clashing views on the conflict, and determines who she wants to be"--

This riveting political thriller set during the Wounded Knee protest in 1973 finds two Native American activists, Marvin and Bud, arrested and held in custody in a small sheriff's office in the middle of nowhere. Why then, are they secretly kept there when the events make national news? When a lawyer is assigned to the case, she will realize there is more to investigate than it seems.

"The American Indian Movement, founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, burst into that turbulent time with passion, anger, and radical acts of resistance. Spurred by the Civil Rights movement, Native people began to protest the decades--centuries--of corruption, racism, and abuse they had endured, [arguing] for political, social, and cultural change"--Page 4 of cover.

The American Indian Movement burst onto the scene in the late 1960s as indigenous people across the country began to demand what is rightfully theirs. Clyde Bellecourt, whose Ojibwe name translates as "The Thunder Before the Storm," is one of its cofounders and iconic leaders. This intimate narrative covers his childhood on the White Earth Reservation, his long journey through the prison system, and his embodiment of "confrontation politics" in waging...