tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079809771482270.post4639884698284725974..comments2024-03-18T07:30:30.432-07:00Comments on interested party: Janklow circling the drain after ruinous careerlarry kurtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855417104900624838noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079809771482270.post-38859956704236690462011-11-06T20:24:58.415-08:002011-11-06T20:24:58.415-08:00Sorry Pat. That was a little too mean-spirited eve...Sorry Pat. That was a little too mean-spirited even for me. You are welcome to try again but without quite so much vitriol.larry kurtzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855417104900624838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079809771482270.post-2781355955494405872011-11-06T17:53:26.725-08:002011-11-06T17:53:26.725-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079809771482270.post-8528317654020531862011-11-05T10:07:55.595-07:002011-11-05T10:07:55.595-07:00"The only way to deal with the Indian problem..."The only way to deal with the Indian problem in South Dakota," Janklow said, "is to put a gun to the AIM leaders' heads and pull the trigger." <br /><br />At a 1974 meeting of the Wounded Knee Legal Defense/Offense Committee (WKLDOC), representatives from the Rosebud reservation came forward with concerns about Bill Janklow, the soon to be Attorney General. Douglas Durham, a member of the Banks-Means legal team who later admitted to being an FBI infiltrator, had located Jancita Eagle Deer. She was ready to testify that on January 14, 1967, when she was a 15-year-old student at the Rosebud Boarding School, she was raped by her legal guardian, William Janklow. The day after the alleged assault, Eagle Deer had reported the incident to her principal, who took her to the hospital. Hospital records indicate that an attack had occurred. The FBI's cursory investigation concluded that it was "impossible to determine anything," and that there was "insufficient evidence, allegations were unfounded; we are therefore closing our files on the matter."<br /><br />Delphine Eagle Deer, Jancita's stepmother, vowed to prove that William Janklow had raped her daughter. She never got her chance. Mrs. Eagle Deer was found dead in a winter field after she had been severely beaten and left by BIA police.<br /><br />Rosebud Tribal Judge Mario Gonzalez found enough evidence to charge Janklow with "assault with attempt to commit rape and carnal knowledge of a female under 16." Janklow failed to appear on his court date and, for want of a more severe measure, was disbarred from further legal practice on the Rosebud Reservation. As a white man, he was outside the jurisdiction of Tribal law.<br /><br />I live on the Pine Ridge but live within ten miles of the Rosebud. I can planly remember friends talking about Wild Bill riding his Harley with a sawed off shotgun in a scaberd. He always made it clear that if you didnt agree with him you should fear him. And no Im not just talking about the native population of this state but anyone that dared to stand up against him. <br /><br />I wont even get into his enviromental history. Lets just say that he was all about money and had very little feeling for the land or its people. He had many oppertunities to "do the right thing" but at every turn he chose to turn his back on the land.<br /><br />Bill could speak the Lakota language as well as any white man but when he did it was always with a "forked tounge." He played one race against the other as good as any one man in the history of this state.<br /><br />The BlindmanBill Dithmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079809771482270.post-85058988687017889792011-11-05T05:42:26.530-07:002011-11-05T05:42:26.530-07:00My dad died in Riverview Manor, which is owned by ...My dad died in Riverview Manor, which is owned by the family. BJ's mom is still alive, nearly 100. His sisters, one is the director, one is the activities coordinator, treated him like a king and came to his wake. We had many conversations about many things. Awesome people. Their relationship with their brother is awkward. <br /><br />Recall that the bishop testified at his trial. <br /><br />Janklow has a redeemer complex and is similar to Stace Nelson in so many ways they are difficult to count. The biggest problem, of course, is that it is all built on the pathology of the warrior, where choices made in the past are reflected in the choices being made in the future.<br /><br />And, not all of it is bad; but South Dakota is a sad, failed place as a result.<br /><br />Perhaps his passing will reverse the cascade that his generation has wrought...but I doubt it. His judgment in the afterlife will not come as he has spent the last days of his life in Hell as the wages of his sins.<br /><br />May he rot in peace.larry kurtzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855417104900624838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079809771482270.post-28967353068386639482011-11-04T22:19:06.861-07:002011-11-04T22:19:06.861-07:00Notice that not one of the 12 headlines popping up...Notice that not one of the 12 headlines popping up on KELO since the announcement mentions Janklow's conviction for manslaughter. Instead, "<a href="http://keloland.com/NewsDetail6162.cfm?Id=123156" rel="nofollow">People Are Unaware of Jankow's Kindness</a>." Sorry to turn your stomach so close to bedtime.caheidelbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.com