Biography
Joseph Bill was one of five defendants convicted of attempting to interfere with U.S. Marshals and FBI agents during the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee — bringing weapons and ammunition through the federal perimeter — in violation of the Civil Disorder Act. The conviction was affirmed by the Eighth Circuit (United States v. Red Feather, 541 F.2d 1275, 1976); the sentence is not stated in the court record.
