Ghost Rider Roads: American Indian Movement 1971-2011 - Paperback

by Ben Carnes Leonard Pelt Robideau (Rip) (Contribution by), Antoinette Nora Claypoole (Author)

FIRST EDITION (2012). Stories, interviews and essays from inside the American Indian Movement (AIM) 1971-2011.Ghost Rider Roads chronicles the author's time with various members of old AIM. The book includes stories which emerged from her interviews with Vernon Bellecourt (1931-2007) founder of the American Indian Movement), John Graham, recently convicted to a life sentence for the murder of Anna Mae Aquash. And her mini interview with Native poet/activist John Trudell. Also included is a rare 1970's article about the FBI Cointelpro/Pine Ridge shootings written by Judy Gumbo and Stew Albert, and a special section about Leonard Peltier with contemporary essays (2011) provided by Delaney Bruce and LPDOC (his defense committee). All woven together with commentaries and news clips by antoinette nora claypoole, recent recipient of Oregon Literary Arts fellowship. In sum, the book chronicles AIM and hopes to provide information for a new generation of activists, with a special emphasis and supporting the ongoing work to Free Leonard Peltier.

Author Biography

antoinette nora claypoole recently received a fellowship award from Oregon Literary Arts for her current work in Literary Non-Fiction (the lost works of Louise Bryant -1885-1936, Suffragette and Socialist War correspondent). She has been published in various regional papers and literary journals in the North and Southwestern U.S. antoinette nora's first book, Who Would Unbraid Her Hair: the legend of annie mae (1999, dist. Clear Light Books, Santa Fe, N.M.) is out of print, but reviewed as an underground classic and was recently acquired by the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. showcased in the permanent Library collection.