Special Notice

US Attorney to Meet with Family Members of 39 Cold Case Murder Victims

Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents. Discussion »

KYLE, SOUTH DAKOTA – US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson of the South Dakota District will travel to Kyle, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Reservation next Wednesday to meet with Oglala Sioux Tribal officials and families of 39 cold case murder victims.

Wednesday, June 13 at the Little Wound School in Kyle

The meeting was set to discuss the Oglala Sioux Tribe's request US Attorney Johnson to reopen or reinvestigate the deaths of 39 people who died under mysterious and violent circumstances on the Pine Ridge Reservation or were Oglala Sioux tribal members.

The Oglala Sioux Tribe late Thursday issued a NOTICE seeking the attendance of family members of the victims.

Mr. Johnson will meet with Oglala Sioux Tribal officials next Wednesday, June 13, at 1 pm, mdt, at the Little Wound School in Kyle, South Dakota.

“If family members speak to Mr. Johnson personally, it will have great impact on our pursuit for justice for our fallen people. They can give a voice to the ones we lost. We must restore hope in our communities. When justice finally prevails, proper grieving can begin so the healing process can take place,”

commented James Toby Big Boy, chairman of the Oglala Sioux Tribe's Law and Order Committee.

US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson

“I want to do everything I can to get information into the hands of the families members who may have never been provided with information,”

US Attorney Johnson told the Native News Network last week.

“These cases can be difficult to prosecute without new evidence, but we want people to know we have done everything we could.”

The Victims

List of the 39 Cold Case Murders Victims »

WHAT:
Meeting with US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson

WHO:
Oglala Sioux Tribal Officials and families of victims of 39 cold case files

WHEN:
Wednesday, June 13, 1:00 pm mdt

WHERE:
Little Wound School
101 Main Street
Kyle, South Dakota 57752

photo credit Sissy Fry;
posted June 8, 2012 6:59 am edt