The University Libraries Indigenous Nations Library Program’s Native Pathways Lecture Series will host Robert Robideau, prominent AIM leader, in two events on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Robideau will participate in an informal brown bag discussion from 12 - 1 p.m. in the Herzstein Room on the second floor of Zimmerman Library.
Robideau will also present a lecture, “AIM: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” at 3 p.m. in the Willard Reading Room on the first floor of Zimmerman Library. Robideau, a member of the White Earth Ojibwe tribe, is a prominent AIM activist.
In 1975, he was accused of killing two FBI agents, along with Darrell Butler and Leonard Peltier. Butler and Robideau were acquitted in 1976, but Peliter was convicted.
Since being acquitted of the charges, Robideau has worked to free Peltier. He has served as the director of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee and continues to lecture around the country.
His lecture will cover the founding of AIM, what they are doing today, and what they have planned for the future. He will also speak about the Leonard Peltier case.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Posted by kwentworth at November 21, 2007 02:08 PM