Questions from past follow Janklow into the House [View All]

A widely respected Indian rights advocate has called for a congressional investigation of South Dakota’s only House member, William J. Janklow. snip

Adams asked the House leaders for a qualifications inquiry into four areas:

1. "Did Mr. Janklow rape or sexually assault Jancita Eagle Deer, a minor and legal infant in his custody and care, on or about January 13, 1967, on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota?"

2. "Has Mr. Janklow persistently misrepresented to the public the nature of his offense against another minor female, as charged in juvenile criminal proceedings against him in Moody County, South Dakota, preceding his premature departure from high school and his floater enlistment in the U.S. Marines?"

3. "What was the nature and complete record of actions of Mr. Janklow, as state Attorney General - including police communications under his custodial care and purview - on June 26, 1975, in Pierre, Hot Springs and Oglala on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota - and under what varied claims of authority did he act? Did Mr. Janklow subsequently abuse his office and records control to effectually deny due process and equal protection of the law, as well as a fair trial and justice itself, to a citizen of the United States: Leonard Peltier?"

4. "Did Mr. Janklow, successively as Attorney General and as Governor of South Dakota, derelictly fail in official duties for acting to secure justice for a foreign national, Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, whose murdered remains were found on February 24, 1976, in the state of South Dakota - and whose murder is yet unprosecuted to date?"

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