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douglas9

(4,476 posts)
Wed Sep 18, 2019, 12:18 PM Sep 2019

Watch: 'Wounded Knee Incident 1973 Native American Genocide'

The Wounded Knee incident began on February 27, 1973, when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The protest followed the failure of an effort of the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization (OSCRO) to impeach tribal president Richard Wilson, whom they accused of corruption and abuse of opponents. Additionally, protesters criticized the United States government's failure to fulfill treaties with Native American people and demanded the reopening of treaty negotiations.

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2019/09/watch-wounded-knee-incident-1973-native.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_incident

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Watch: 'Wounded Knee Incident 1973 Native American Genocide' (Original Post) douglas9 Sep 2019 OP
So hard cilla4progress Sep 2019 #1
Still trying to finish watching yet Bayard Sep 2019 #2

Bayard

(24,145 posts)
2. Still trying to finish watching yet
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 08:45 AM
Sep 2019

But I so remember this going on while I was a sophomore in high school. My best friend and I, (another blonde WASP-y kid), went around with our fists in the air, proclaiming, Red Power! Was reading, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", and, "Custer Died For Your Sins", at the time. Its stuck with me.

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