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- Date:
10/9/1970
- Reference Number:
- KPIX 103396
- Format:
- 16mm newsfilm
- Description/Summary:
- KPIX's Mike Lee reports from Burney Office Building in Shasta County, Northern California, on October 9th 1970. There are (silent) views of the surrounding countryside and inside the Office Building, where a group of Pit River Indians are on trial accused of trespassing on PG&E property. The Indian's attorney claims: "These defendents could not have committed a crime because they sincerely believe it is their land and they have no criminal intent." Another Indian spokesman goes on to describe how local corporations may be: "Willing to support us in our fight against the Federal government for return of lands."
- Availability:
- Mp4 video file streaming online in DIVA:
- https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/187807
- Collection/Copyright Holder:
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Further Details:
- Contact resident Film Archivist Alex Cherian (Email: acherian@sfsu.edu)