 The movement grabbed headlines in 1973 when it took over the village of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation, leading to a 71-day standoff with federal agents. On June 26, 1975, agents came to Pine Ridge to serve arrest warrants. Two were shot in the head at close range. After fleeing to Canada and being extradited to the United States, Peltier was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced in 1977 to life in prison.