May 22, 2004
For More Information:
Coordinator
PO Box 225
Kyle SD 57752
lakotastudentalliance@yahoo.com
(605) 441-9453 (phone)
2004 OGLALA COMMEMORATION EVENT SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 26.
Oglala—The 5th Annual Oglala Commemoration Event is set to begin on June 26, 2004 at the Jumping Bull Property south of Oglala South Dakota.
Annually, normal activities scheduled for this event include a prayer service near the gravesites of Jun Little and Joe Stuntz. A memorial walk for justice follows from the gravesites to the Jumping Bull Property. This is followed by a special memorial and giveaway for deceased relatives, sponsored by the Jumping Bull Family. Finally, a concert for youth awareness is held, concluding this special day.
The Lakota Student Alliance and Oglala Commemoration Committee jointly sponsor the event to honor and remember the lives lost during the 1970s civil conflict on the reservation and to also raise awareness toward the unjust imprisonment of AIM member Leonard Peltier, currently jailed in Leavenworth Kansas. Peltier’s imprisonment resulted from a Shooting battle between AIM members and Federal Agents at the Jumping Bull property which was precipitated by numerous unjust deaths of AIM supporters during the tumultuous 1970s on Pine Ridge Reservation.
This year’s event focuses on Indian Voting Issues for Native Youth and Grassroots people. The upcoming 2004 National elections require the active participation of Native voters.
Speakers for the 2004 event include important figures that played a vital role in the justice movement for Peltier’s freedom. They include: Thomas Doxtater, Leonard Peltier Defense Committee Chairman; Bruce Ellison, Peltier Attorney; Vernon Bellecourt, principal spokesperson for American Indian Movement; Alfred Bone Shirt of DLN Coalition; Tom Poor Bear, of Camp Justice; and Rosalyn Jumping Bull of Oglala.
Musical Guests Include: Nammy Award Winner Wayquay, Nammy Nominated Steel River Band from Pine Ridge Reservation; Oglala Lakota Hiphop artists Native Era and Storm; Folksingers Jim Page and Dale Alan; Indian Contemporary artist Robbie Romero of Red Thunder and more to be announced as they arrive.
We invite the public to this free event. For more information on this event you can visit the website at www.oocities.org/oglala_commemoration/index.html.
