Jaquith, Wayne T
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Interview with Wayne Jaquith, where he discusses law school at Northeastern Law School in the mid 1970s, American Indian Movement criminal cases in South Dakota, his ancestry, and later being executive director at the Ploughshares Fund. Discusses hitchhiking across the country to San Francisco and viewing environmental damage along the way. After sitting in on pre-trial hearings in Buffalo, NY after the Attica prison riots, he found inspiration to attend law school at Northeaster Law School to become an environmental lawyer and activist.
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![[Tipi with sign "American Indian Movement" on the grounds of the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., during the "Longest walk"]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/80068cec81031af1ece5b045d6312880669d6689.png "[Tipi with sign \"American Indian Movement\" on the grounds of the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., during the \"Longest walk\"]")
![And I defend to his death my right to say it! / Baldy, [1971 Sept. 15].](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/72340171acc4edf784b6a085df41b5dcce9169d8.png "And I defend to his death my right to say it! / Baldy, [1971 Sept. 15].")
