Edition |
A Seven Stories Press first edition. |
Description |
240 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
"The search for justice for a Lakota Sioux man wrongfully charged with murder, told here for the first time by his trial lawyer, Gerry Spence. This is the untold story of Collins Catch the Bear, a Lakota Sioux, who was wrongfully charged with the murder of a white man in 1982 at Russell Means's Yellow Thunder Camp, an AIM encampment in the Black Hills in South Dakota. Though Collins was innocent, he took the fall for the actual killer, a man placed in the camp with the intention of compromising the reputation of AIM. This story reveals the struggle of the American Indian people in their attempt to survive in a white world, on land that was stolen from them. We live with Collins and see the beauty that was his, but that was lost over the course of his short lifetime. Today justice still struggles to be heard, not only in this case but many like it in the American Indian nations"-- Provided by publisher. |
Genre/Form |
Trials, litigation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423712
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Subject |
North America. (OCoLC)fst01242475
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Lakota Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
(OCoLC)fst01148321
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Lakota Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- South Dakota -- History -- 20th century.
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Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1934-
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South Dakota. (OCoLC)fst01204322
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Indians, Treatment of. (OCoLC)fst00970120
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Indians of North America -- Government relations.
(OCoLC)fst00969761
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Trials (Murder) -- South Dakota -- History -- 20th century.
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Subject |
Indians, Treatment of -- North America -- History -- 20th century.
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Trials (Murder) (OCoLC)fst01156368
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Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Government relations -- 1934-
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Subject |
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- South Dakota -- History -- 20th century.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration. (OCoLC)fst00895034
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Collins Catch the Bear -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Chronological Term |
Since 1900
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Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples, Treatment of -- North America -- History -- 20th century.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Spence, Gerry, The martyrdom of Collins Catch the Bear New York : Seven Stories Press, 2020. 9781609809676 (DLC) 2019056552 |
ISBN |
9781609809669 (trade paperback) |
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1609809661 (trade paperback) |
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9781609809676 (ebook) |
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