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Richard Elliott's avatar

Another excellent read. I recall finding out about the Peltier case through music. Having got into the work of John Trudell via Rykodisc's release of AKA Grafitti Man, I found out what I could about AIM and then watched Michael Apted's Incident at Oglala when it was aired on UK television. So frustrating then and now to see how things played out. Thanks for the reminder and the writing on Lincoln Street Exit (1970 strikes again!) and Xit.

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Mark Nash's avatar

Thanks Michael for this fantastic essay. I’d been aware of Leonard Peltier but don’t know as much as I’d like to so have bookmarked that documentary for later viewing. And thanks for the intro to Lincoln Street Exit (listening to the full album now) and XIT, two artists I’d never encountered before.

I notice the XIT on the Lincoln Street Exit album cover is in black while the rest of the letters are in purple so perhaps the XIT moniker was already in their minds.

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