The reality of what occurred on the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation in the 1970s is not reflected in most contemporary histories of the United States. Scores of indigenous people were killed, many more were wounded. Ward Churchill, an activist with the American Indian Movement, draws lessons and inspiration from the events at Pine Ridge as native peoples continue their struggle for land and dignity. He also discusses the Leonard Peltier case, the subject of the documentary Incident at Oglala.

Ward Churchill
Ward Churchill is professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is a prolific author. Among his many books are Fantasies of the Master Race, Struggle for the Land, Indians Are Us? and A Little Matter of Genocide. Churchill recently made national headlines when he resigned from his position as Chairman of Ethnic Studies department due to increasing public outcry against the contents of an essay from his book, "Some People Push Back: On The Justice Of Roosting Chickens."