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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 as Oglala Sioux) and followers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, United States, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Nov 6, 2009 · Wounded Knee in South Dakota was the site of an 1890 Indian massacre by U.S. Army troops, and a deadly 1973 occupation by Native American activists.
Feb 27, 2023 · Fifty years ago, Oglala Lakota activists took over the village of Wounded Knee in an occupation that lasted 71 days. Journalist Kevin McKiernan reflects on the standoff and the legacy it...
May 8, 2023 · At least three people died, and more than a dozen were wounded during the occupation. According to Indian County Today, the standoff resulted in more than 1,200 arrests and 275 cases in...
Wounded Knee is a settlement on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota that was the site of two conflicts between Native Americans and the U.S. government—a massacre in 1890 in which 150-300 Lakota were killed by the U.S. Army and an occupation led by the American Indian Movement in 1973.
Feb 27, 2023 · A series of events led to the Wounded Knee occupation, one of the most significant being the Trail of Broken Treaties. The American Indian Movement organized caravans of activists from...
On May 8, 1973, the confrontation at Wounded Knee ended after ten weeks of para-military action and negotiations. On this date, the occupiers of Wounded Knee surrendered their arms and the U. S. Marshals Service took control of the town.
Feb 9, 2010 · The Wounded Knee occupation lasted for a total of 71 days, during which time two Sioux men were shot to death by federal agents and several more were wounded. On May 8, the AIM leaders and...
Nov 19, 2021 · On a cold day in December 1890, U.S. soldiers surrounded and slaughtered about 300 Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota.
Oct 23, 2012 · On February 27, 1973, a team of 200 Oglala Lakota (Sioux) activists and members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) seized control of a tiny town with a loaded history -- Wounded Knee,...
