Sand Brim was at Wounded Knee in 1973 and remained as an investigator for the legal defense of the 350 Federal Criminal cases brought against Indian activists. She just returned from the 50 year Commemoration of Wounded Knee. She is a lawyer and has a long history of activism, from anti-war, civil rights, El Salvador, and as a Labor activist for the past decade. She is the former Director of Strategic Campaigns for the National Nurses United, and was a policy advisor in the 2020 Bernie Sanders presidential campaign.