Dennis Banksco-founded theAmerican Indian Movement (AIM)in 1968.Russell Means(left) joined the organization shortly thereafter. The two iconic Native American Indian leaders were key activists and spokespersons for the historicWounded Knee incident(1973), and theNative American Occupation of Alcatraz Is...
February 27, 1973 – Pine Ridge – Wounded Knee IncidentFor 71 days, the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota was occupied by AIM while they battled U.S. officials.This site was chosen because it was significant to the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. Two U.S. officials were seriously wound...
8.Wounded Knee-1973-The American Indian Movement clashed with the Federal Government and lives were lost. The past repeats. Whether the many or the few, failure to compromise with the opposing view will result in the beaten down using the power of numbers and the force of the media. Others...
(redirected fromBattle of Wounded Knee) Encyclopedia Wound·ed Knee (wo͞on′dĭd) A creek of southwest South Dakota. Some 300 Lakota were massacred here by US troops on December 29, 1890. In 1973 a standoff between Indian activists and US law officers resulted in deaths on both sides....
Arguably, the incident at Wounded Knee and the unfulfilled promises that were proffered in its wake provided the setting for a clash of cultures that culminated in the 1977 federal case against Leonard Peltier. Peltier was convicted in a North Dakota federal court for the 1975 murders of FBI ...
Redbone was founded by two brothers, Pat and Lolly Vegas, who were passionate about commemorating their Yaqui, Shoshone and Mexican heritage in their art. One example was the 1973 single “We Were All Wounded At Wounded Knee,” which remembers the massacre of Lakota Sioux Indians in 1890 ...
(1944– ) took part in the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Convicted of killing two FBI agents, he is imprisoned in Marion, Illinois. His controversial conviction is examined in the 1992 filmIncident at Oglala.A number of foreign countries and organizations regard Peltier as a...
Redbone was founded by two brothers, Pat and Lolly Vegas, who were passionate about commemorating their Yaqui, Shoshone and Mexican heritage in their art. One example was the 1973 single “We Were All Wounded At Wounded Knee,” which remembers the massacre of Lakota Sioux Indians in...
The 1890 massacre seems ingrained into the dusty hills that surround Wounded Knee. The heroes of that incident-Red Cloud, Big Foot, and Sitting Bull-mean as much to the young Oglalas as they did to their grandfathers. A series of complex events led to the 1890 massacre. Sitting Bull, aft...
This is a movie which contains a scene that has stayed with me for several decades. I doubt if it would play well today - I can't think of any actors who could pull it off. The scene is where the Christian leaders of the Crusade meet Saladin for the first time when Saladin comes ...