The site again gained national prominence in 1973 through the Wounded Knee Occupation (also known as Second Wounded Knee), a 71-day standoff in the town of Wounded Knee, on the Pine Ridge Reservation, between members of the American Indian Movement with Sioux allies and federal law enforcement...
THE LEGACY OF WOUNDED KNEE THE SPIRIT OF THE 1973 WOUNDED KNEE OCCUPATION LIVES ON IN THE OGLALA REFORMERS WHO DRAW ON THEIR TRIBAL HERITAGE TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS ON THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATIONDaniel Golden, Globe Staff
Parsons, Jim
1973 standoff at Wounded KneeAmerican Indian Movement members and U.S. authorities meeting to resolve the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. The Wounded Knee Massacre marked the last major armed conflict between the United States and the Plains tribes. The Ghost Dance religion sputtered...
1973 standoff at Wounded KneeAmerican Indian Movement members and U.S. authorities meeting to resolve the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. On February 27, 1973, some 200 members of theAmerican Indian Movement(AIM), led byRussell MeansandDennis Banks, took the reservation hamlet of...