This Date in Native History: On February 27, 1973, about 250 Sioux Indians led by members of the American Indian Movement converged on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, launching the famous 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee.
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Native History: AIM Occupation of Wounded Knee Begins
Robert Onco with his AK47 during the occupation of Wounded Knee, 1973.
Wounded Knee is hailed as one of AIM’s greatest successes
Video: WARRIOR, The Life of Leonard Peltier
Posted to Youtube by Suzie Baer, Oct 17, 2015
This is the definitive feature documentary about American Indian activist, Leonard Peltier. His story is told within the context of the American Indian Movement, the US federal government, and the multi national companies interested in mining the land in South Dakota.
Robert Redford renews fight to release jailed AIM activist Leonard Peltier
Tells Sunday Edition host Michael Enright he is pushing for a pardon from Obama
By Michael Enright, CBC News, April 6, 2014
On June 26, 1975, two FBI agents drove onto the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Jack Coler and Ronald Williams were looking to arrest a man named Jimmy Eagle, who was suspected of stealing a pair of cowboy boots.
Pine Ridge had been a nightmare of violence, intimidation, murder and mayhem almost on a daily basis.
There had been more than 60 killings in just a couple of years in confrontations between members of the activist American Indian Movement, and groups of thugs who controlled life on the reservation. Read the rest of this entry
Gunfire, Drumming & Singing Mark Wounded Knee 40 Year Anniversary
by Kristi Eaton, Associated Press, Feb 28, 2013
Armed participants at the 40th anniversary of Wounded Knee.
WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. — A Pine Ridge Indian Reservation resident who found herself in the middle of the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation said Wednesday amid ceremonial gunfire and chants that little has changed since the fatal standoff. Read the rest of this entry
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