Two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota on June 26, 1975, amid high tensions. While several men were charged, only Leonard Peltier was found guilty, sparking questions about his unjust conviction.
Incident at Oglala
The 1975 Pine Ridge reservation shootout in South Dakota claimed the lives of two FBI agents, sparking a dramatic and tumultuous sequence of events.