I Was Like So Many Others Passion-ately

We Have Over The Years Proven Again And Again That Every Piece Of Evidence Used To Convict Me Has Been False. The Fbi With Its Unlimited Resources Has Done Everything It Possibly Can To Keep Me In Prison.

I See, Or At Least It Appears To Me, That There Is Some Concerted Effort To Discredit Them, And Categorize The American Indian Movement As Some Adverse Entity, As Opposed To It Being A Manifestation Of The Desperations Of A Whole Race Of People.

Ultimately, I Would Like To Say Yes, Conditions Have Improved, But There Is Still Vast Room For More Improvement; We Are Still The Poorest Of The Poor. And We Are Still Statistically Considered To Be Extremely Disrupted Culturally, And Have Extreme Health Needs In Many Areas, As Well As High Suicide Rates And Infant Mortality Rates.

If You Look At The Statistics Regarding Native Americans, You Will See That Most Of The Tribes Since The 70s Have Improved Their Economic Situation In Some Form. And This Has Been Brought About By Their Aggressive Assertion Of Their Sovereign Treaty Rights.

A Political Prisoner Is Someone Who Is Out Fighting For His Or Her People's Rights And Freedom And Is Imprisoned For That Alone.