Jul 31, 1999
The Unity March continues from Pine Ridge to White Clay this morning from Billy Mills Hall.

This evening the FOX Station program American's Most Wanted   aired a segment on the murder of these two men.  The program also mentioned other previous murders in this area that have remained unsolved.

"The unsolved murders of two Pine Ridge men will be profiled on
    "America's Most Wanted" on the Fox Network this weekend. Wilson
    Black Elk Jr. and Ronald Hard Heart were found murdered in a field
    between Pine Ridge and Whiteclay, Nebraska June 8th. The murders
    and the failure of the FBI to solve the case prompted several
    demonstrations on the Pine Ridge reservation. A producer for the Fox
    program visited the reservation several weeks ago to gather information
    for the program. "America's Most Wanted" has been successful in
    generating tips that have led to arrests of dozens of criminals over the
    years. The program airs at 8:00 PM (MDT) Saturday on Fox-7."
    Story by: Dan Schillinger

web posted Aug1, 1999

AMERICA'S MOST WANTED
MURDERERS OF
The FBI and the Oglala Sioux Department of Public Safety are offering a $15,000  reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who murdered Ronald Owen Hardheart and Wallace Edison Black Elk, Jr. The men were beaten to death.

     Authorities say the partially decomposed bodies of the two men were discovered by a  woman running on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near the Nebraska border at  White Clay on June 8, 1999. Hardheart and Black Elk, Jr. were last seen alive at 10:30  p.m. on Sunday, June 6th, walking North on the main road from White Clay. Police speculate they were headed to the South Dakota Side of the reservation.

               Data from Oglala Sioux Department of Public Safety/S.D.
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