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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West is a 1970 non-fiction book by American writer Dee Brown that covers the history of...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    the reservation. They became deeply involved and led an armed occupation of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1973. Other events during...
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    include the Occupation of Alcatraz, the Trail of Broken Treaties, the Occupation of Wounded Knee, along with intermittent protests and occupations throughout...
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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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    Broken Treaties, the BIA occupation, the Wounded Knee incident, and the Longest Walk all have their roots in the occupation. The American Indian Movement...
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  • 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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  • began developing SWAT teams in the early 1970s. Following the Wounded Knee Occupation in 1973, the FBI established a regional SWAT program to organize...
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  • 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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    events between the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 and the Wounded Knee Occupation of the 1970s - hence the title, Between Two Knees. Portland Observer...
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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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    television and movie reruns and also with recent happenings at Wounded Knee." The Wounded Knee Occupation of 1973 was occurring at the time of the ceremony. Brando...
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  • total darkness” (Rapid City Journal, March 1, 1973, p. 1) The Wounded Knee occupation by AIM lasted 71 days during which two Indian activists were killed—one...
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    portrayal of Native Americans. (This occurred shortly after the Wounded Knee Occupation protest as well.) The vicarious speech elicited a mixture of applause...
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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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  • Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee is a 1994 TNT film starring Irene Bedard, Tantoo Cardinal, Pato Hoffmann, Joseph Runningfox, Lawrence Bayne, and Michael...
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    September 9, 1971 Attica Prison riot February 27 - May 8 1978 Wounded Knee Occupation February 2–3, 1980 New Mexico State Penitentiary riot May 17–20...
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  • including its occupation of the Department of Interior Building in Washington, DC in 1972 and in the 71-day standoff of the Wounded Knee incident in 1973...
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