The Wounded Knee Occupation, also known as Second Wounded Knee, began on February 27, 1973, when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota (sometimes referred to...
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The Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as the Battle of Wounded Knee, was the deadliest mass shooting in American history, involving nearly three hundred...
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1973, during the Wounded Knee Occupation, the American Indian Movement (AIM) occupied the Pine Ridge Reservation near Wounded Knee in protest against...
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Wounded Knee Creek Wounded Knee Occupation of 1973 Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 "Wounded Knee", a 1989 song on Nik Kershaw's The Works "Wounded Knee"...
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Clyde Bellecourt (section Wounded Knee Occupation)
University of Minnesota hospital where he recovered. After the occupation of Wounded Knee ended, Bellecourt hosted seminars and other public appearances...
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Gina Gray (section Wounded Knee Occupation)
high school student in 1973, Gray hitchhiked to Wounded Knee to participate in the 71-day occupation with a team of 200 Oglala Lakota activists and members...
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Dick Wilson (tribal chairman) (section Wounded Knee)
supporters occupied the town of Wounded Knee, and a 71-day armed siege resulted, known as the Wounded Knee Occupation. Two Native Americans were shot...
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Gladys Bissonette (section Wounded Knee Occupation)
Gladys Bissonette, "the brave–hearted woman of Wounded Knee", was an Oglala Lakota elder who was one of the leaders of the traditional faction during the...
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Broken Treaties, the BIA occupation, the Wounded Knee Occupation, and the Longest Walk all have their roots in the occupation. The American Indian Movement...
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West is a 1970 non-fiction book by American writer Dee Brown. It explores the history...
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Ellen Moves Camp (section Wounded Knee Occupation)
listen, and the Indians a chance to speak. The Wounded Knee Occupation, known as the "Second Wounded Knee", began in February 1973 and lasted for 71 days...
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The Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark, known also as Wounded Knee, was the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 in South Dakota, United States...
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end to the occupation. Some Lakota have alleged that Ray Robinson, a civil rights activist, was killed during the Wounded Knee occupation, as he disappeared...
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1973, local Oglala protesters and AIM activists seized the village of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in an armed protest of their failed effort to dislodge...
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Dennis Banks (section Wounded Knee incident)
activists occupied Wounded Knee. After a siege of 71 days by federal armed law enforcement, which received national attention, the occupation was ended. A U...
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Ghost Dance (section Wounded Knee)
Dance songs. Leonard Crow Dog recalls in his memoir during the Wounded Knee Occupation of 1973 the chants they were singing: "The whole world is coming...
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Oglala Lakota activists during criminal proceedings following the Wounded Knee Occupation. Krieger was born on November 4, 1923, in Manhattan, to parents...
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Frank Fools Crow (section "Go to Wounded Knee ... ")
was a leader of the traditional faction during the armed standoff at Wounded Knee in 1973. With writer Thomas E. Mails, he produced two books about his...
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achieved success in the United States with their singles "We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee", "The Witch Queen of New Orleans", "Wovoka", and "Maggie", although...
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participated in Wounded Knee Occupation at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Aquash also participated in the 1972 Trail of Broken Treaties and occupation of the...
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the reservation. They became deeply involved and led an armed occupation of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1973. Other events in...
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out of occupied Native American reservation lands. (See also: Wounded Knee Occupation). The filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim documented the legendary New...
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Indian termination policy, the media coverage of the Occupation of Alcatraz and the Wounded Knee Occupation, and the formation of Native American studies as...
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Madonna Thunder Hawk (section Wounded Knee Incident)
Indian Movement in its early years and was present at AIM's occupation of the Wounded Knee. She was a member of the Pie Patrol, a group of women active...
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takeover of Wounded Knee at the reservation in February 1973. Federal forces reacted, conducting a 71-day siege, which became known as the Wounded Knee Occupation...
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2022, SWAT teams had approximately 1,600 callouts. Following the Wounded Knee Occupation in 1973, the FBI established a SWAT program. In the summer of 1973...
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Red Power movement (section Wounded Knee)
around Wounded Knee while the occupiers would host events for the media to cover in order to promote their message. Throughout the occupation of Wounded Knee...
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Interior building. Camp was also one of the organizers of the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, to highlight...
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Department of Interior. Bellecourt was present briefly during the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He acted as an...
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the Wounded Knee Occupation, 50 Years Later". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved March 1, 2023. Kifner, John (March 2, 1973). "Indians at Wounded Knee Free...
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