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    The Guardians of the Oglala Nation (GOON) was an American paramilitary group established in 1972 by Oglala tribal chairman Dick Wilson under authority...
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    Guardians of the Oglala Nation (GOONs), of much of it. According to AIM, there were 64 unsolved murders during these years, including opponents of the...
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  • Arthur Baker in the mid-1980s "Goon Squad", 1979 song from the Elvis Costello album Armed Forces GOONs squad, Guardians of the Oglala Nation, a private paramilitary...
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  • Intercepted Message GOONs, Guardians of the Oglala Nation, private paramilitary group active on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation during the early 1970s GOONS...
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    benefits, not consulting with the tribal council, and creating a private militia, known as the Guardians of the Oglala Nation (GOONs), to suppress political...
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  • Dick Wilson (tribal chairman) (category Oglala Sioux Tribe politicians)
    family in award of jobs and suppressing political opponents with his private militia, Guardians of the Oglala Nation (GOONs), members of the tribal council...
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  • Goon squad (category Labor-related violence in the United States)
    for American POWs (1945). A Visit From The Goon Squad, 2011 Jennifer Egan novel Guardians of the Oglala Nation (GOONs) – Lakota paramilitary force Labor...
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    John Trudell (category Members of the American Indian Movement)
    Dick Wilson's Guardians of the Oglala Nation (GOONS). Essentially the GOONS, paid by Dickie Wilson (who in turn was paid by the FBI), the then Band Council...
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    COINTELPRO (category History of civil rights in the United States)
    FBI support for the Guardians of the Oglala Nation (GOON) squads, who were a private paramilitary group established in 1972 by the elected tribal chairman...
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    Leonard Peltier (category Members of the American Indian Movement)
    at a time of rising Indian activism for civil rights. Wilson had created a private militia, known as the Guardians of the Oglala Nation (GOON), whose...
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