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FBI names building for agents killed at Pine Ridge Reservation


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The FBI named a new building after two agents who were killed on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975.

Jack Coler and Ronald Williams were killed on June 26, 1975. American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier was convicted for their murders.

The FBI has declined to reopen investigations into the deaths of 57 people on the Pine Ridge Reservation during the same time period.

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FBI holds ceremonial ribbon cutting for new building, honors 2 agents killed in line of duty (AP 5/1)

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