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Subject: [scifinoir2] Bob Robideau has Passed Away. OT > > This is way way way OT but a great man has passed and I felt it should be > noted. > > http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400685_obitrobideau20.html > > American Indian activist Robideau dies at 61 > > THE ASSOCIATED PRESS > > PORTLAND, Ore. -- Robert Robideau, an American Indian activist who was > acquitted of killing two FBI agents in a 1975 shootout in South Dakota, > has died. He was 61. > > Robideau had been living in Barcelona, Spain, where authorities said that > his death Tuesday may have been related to seizures caused by shrapnel > left in his head from an accidental explosion. > > Robideau, a Portland native, was the cousin of Leonard Peltier and a > member of the American Indian Movement who had occupied the reservation > town of Wounded Knee, S.D., for 71 days in 1973, two years before the > shootout. > > His son, Michael, told The Oregonian that Robideau attended Roosevelt High > School and received a degree in cultural anthropology from Portland State > University. > > The newspaper said that Robideau left for South Dakota in the early 1970s > with several family members, including Peltier, to join AIM and its > protests against poverty and corruption on tribal reservations. > > In June 1975, two FBI agents followed a man wanted in the theft of a pair > of cowboy boots onto the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The agents soon > came under heavy rifle fire and were killed. > > The FBI identified Peltier as a suspect in the shooting and placed him on > their most wanted list. > > Months later, Robideau was driving Peltier's station wagon through Kansas > with other AIM members when ammunition in the car accidentally exploded. > > Robideau, who was seriously injured, was arrested and tried for the FBI > agent killings, but was acquitted. > > Peltier was arrested by Oregon State Police troopers while driving through > Oregon and later convicted of the FBI shootings. He is serving two life > sentences. > > Robideau appeared in "Incident at Oglala," the 1992 documentary about the > Pine Ridge shootings narrated by actor Robert Redford and directed by > Michael Apted. > > Robideau later became a painter, concentrating on tribal themes. He led a > committee seeking a pardon for Peltier and served as director of the > American Indian Movement Museum in Barcelona, which displayed some of his > paintings. > > He is survived by his wife, Pilar of Barcelona, Spain; and sons, Michael > of Portland and Bobby of South Dakota. > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > > Groups Links > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.3/1969 - Release Date: 02/24/09 06:43:00
