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Pine Ridge remembers Wounded Knee stand-off
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2003 This week marks the 30th anniversary of the start of the 1973 standoff on the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota. On February 27, American Indian Movement activists and their supporters began a 71-day occupation at Wounded Knee, the site of an 1890 massacre. They were calling attention to government's failure to live up to its responsibilities and to a tribal government on the reservation they considered corrupt. The federal government and the state of South Dakota responded with military force. A total of 12 were killed during the occupation. Get the Story:
Powwow, march set to observe 30th anniversary (The Rapid City Journal 2/24)
Wounded Knee memories still aching (AP 2/24)
Concert marks Wounded Knee occupation (The Rapid City Journal 2/24) Relevant Links:
The Occupation of Wounded Knee - http://www.msnbc.com/Onair/msnbc/TimeAndAgain/archive/wknee/1973.asp
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