Bob Robideau
Acting
Biography
Robert Eugene "Bob" Robideau (1946-2009) was an American activist who was acquitted in the 1975 shooting deaths of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
Known For
On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.
Incident at Oglala
An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977, with commentary from those involved, including Peltier himself.