[3][4] Frank Pommersheim was born in New York City but moved to the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in 1974 where he worked for 10 years before joining the University of South Dakota faculty in 1984.

The group included young students, blue-collar workers, four Catholic priests and a Protestant minister.

The high-profile trial against the activists that was seen by many as a referendum on the Vietnam War and as an example of successful use of jury nullification.

The couple left the East coast and lived and worked on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota for 10 years.

[11] Pommersheim is personal friends with Bob Dylan and a passionate fan of folk music.