The Long Shadow of Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Case

By Randall Fuquay

On one June afternoon in 1975, three men died on a South Dakota hillside. Half a century later, the argument over what happened there has still not ended.
Two young FBI agents drove onto a patch of family land on the Pine Ridge Reservation. By the end of the day, both were dead, and so was a young member of the American Indian Movement. One man, Leonard Peltier, would spend nearly fifty years in federal prison for it. A different jury, hearing the same afternoon, set two other defendants free.
The Long Shadow of Oglala is a history of the Peltier case. It begins with a broken treaty and a massacre and follows the story through the war inside Pine Ridge, the shootout, the manhunt, two trials with opposite verdicts, and fifty years of appeals, parole hearings, and clemency campaigns, to a commutation that left every central question standing.
Inside this book, you will find:
- A narrative built from court opinions, trial testimony, FBI documents, and contemporary reporting, with no invented dialogue
- Both sides at full strength: the FBI and the families of the two agents, and the judges, lawyers, and leaders who have urged clemency
- The evidence examined closely: a single shell casing, a witness who recanted, young witnesses who say they were pressured, and what the courts found and did not find
- A chapter on whether race shaped the case, laying out what each side can and cannot show
- The murder of Anna Mae Aquash and where it touches the case, with every claim attributed
This book tells you what the record shows, where it is contested, and what is still missing, and it trusts you to weigh it.
For readers of true-crime history, Native American history, and legal and political history, and for anyone who has seen a headline, or a protest sign and wanted the full record behind it. Read the record. Then decide for yourself. Click buy now and start tonight.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMFJGCYQ
• ISBN13: 9798160820866
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"