• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The FBI says a black civil rights activist was killed during the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee, and it suspects militant members of the American Indian Movement are responsible, according to recently released documents.
• The hundreds of pages of reports provided to Buffalo, N.Y., attorney Michael Kuzma and shared with The Associated Press on Wednesday shed new light on the 40-year-old case of Ray Robinson, an activist and follower of Martin Luther King Jr. But the documents fall short of pinpointing where Robinson was buried and do little to fulfill his family's wish to have the remains brought home to Detroit.
• Desiree Marks, who's held out hope for 40 years that she'd see her father again, said she was crushed by the FBI's confirmation of his death.
• "I've always thought that might not be the case. He may come home. He may be alive. He may, he may, he may," Marks told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "And yesterday, when I was reading the documents it was very difficult. It made it real final."
• AIM co-founder Clyde Bellecourt said Wednesday that he was only in Wounded Knee for 51 days and knew nothing of Robinson.
• "I don't know who he is," Bellecourt said. "I never met him. I don't know what he looks like."
• Robinson, a father of three from Bogue Chitto, Ala., traveled to South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in April 1973 to stand alongside Native Americans in their fight against social injustice. The 71-day standoff between AIM members and federal agents at Wounded Knee left at least two tribal members dead and a federal agent seriously wounded. The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation occupation is credited with raising awareness about Native American struggles.
• The documents were released in response to Kuzma's June lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department to help Robinson's widow, Cheryl Buswell-Robinson, and their children get some closure.
• Buswell-Robinson, of Detroit, said her husband's nonviolent approach conflicted

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