by Jeremy Strathman (2L)
| December 1890 | 300 Sioux women and children are killed by the U.S. Cavalry in what came to be called the Wounded Knee Massacre. | ||
| September 12, 1944 | Leonard Peltier is born in Grand Forks, North Dakota. | ||
| November 22, 1972 | Peltier is involved in an incident in a Milwaukee restaurant for which he would serve five months for attempted murder. | ||
| February 1973 | Native traditionalists and AIM members occupy Wounded Knee to protest the rough tactics of tribal leader Dick Wilson and his “goon squad.” | ||
| June 26, 1975 | FBI Special Agents Coler and Williams are killed by gunshots fired at close range near the Jumping Bulls’ residence. | ||
| July 14, 1975 | A grand jury convenes in Rapid City to consider charges related to the killings of agents Coler and Williams. | ||
| September 10, 1975 | A car carrying Bob Robideau, Norman Charles, and Michael Anderson explodes on a turnpike in Kansas. A damaged AR-15 (which would later be deemed the murder weapon) was found in the automobile. | ||
| November 25, 1975 | Peltier, Robideau, Jimmy Eagle, and Dino Butler are indicted for the murders on the Jumping Bulls’ Ranch. | ||
| February 6, 1976 | Peltier is arrested in Hinton, Alberta, Canada and held for extradition hearings by the Canadian government. | ||
| June 18, 1976 | Peltier’s extradition hearing concludes with a decision to allow extradition to the United States. | ||
| July 1976 | Dino Butler and Bob Robideau, facing charges for the murder of agents Coler and Williams, are acquitted by a federal jury in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. | ||
| September 8, 1976 | Charges are dropped against Jimmy Eagle. | ||
| December 16, 1976 | Peltier is moved from Vancouver to Rapid City. | ||
| January 14, 1977 | Peltier’s trial is moved to Fargo, North Dakota. | ||
| March-April 1977 | Peltier stands trial in Fargo for the murders of special agents Coler and Williams. | ||
| April 6, 1977 | The prosecution rests its case in the Peltier trial. | ||
| April 15, 1977 | Closing arguments begin in the Peltier trial. | ||
| April 18, 1977 | The jury finds Peltier guilty on two counts of murder in the first-degree. | ||
| June 1, 1977 | Peltier is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in federal prison. | ||
| February 1978 | Peltier stands trial on charges of attempted murder stemming from an incident involving Milwaukee police officers. He is acquitted. | ||
| April 1978 | Peltier’s appeal is argued before a three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. | ||
| September 14, 1978 | The Eighth Circuit rejects Peltier's appeal of his conviction. | ||
| March 10, 1979 | The U. S. Supreme Court declines to review Peltier’s case. | ||
| July 20, 1979 | Peltier escapes from Lompoc Federal Prison in California. | ||
| July 26, 1979 | Peltier is recaptured. | ||
| November 14, 1979 | Peltier’s trial for his escape begins. | ||
| January 22, 1980 | Peltier is found guilty of prison escape and illegal possession of a weapon and sentenced to seven additional years in prison. | ||
| March 20, 1981 | The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reverses Peltier’s prison escape conviction. | ||
| April 11, 1982 | Peltier’s lawyers file a writ of habeas corpus in U.S. District Court in North Dakota. | ||
| December 31, 1982 | District Judge Benson denies Peltier request for a new trial. | ||
| January 2001 | President Clinton leaves office without granting, despite an intense lobbying effort on his behalf, Peltier a pardon. | ||
| April 23, 2004 | The Supreme Court refuses to hear Peltier’s appeal of a Tenth Circuit decision to deny a request of parole consideration to Peltier. | ||
| October 23, 2005 | Bob Robideau, free to admit guilt under the Constitution's double jeopardy clause, tells a gathering of 25 activists in New York City that he was the one who pulled the trigger: "I killed the agents." |
Link to more detailed chronology on International Peltier Forum