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Memories of Wounded Knee reflect mixed legacy after 50 years
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTensions that had been smoldering on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota flared up 50 years...
Why AIM Chose Wounded Knee to Occupy 50 Years Ago
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMonday marks the 50th anniversary of the takeover of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on February 27, 1973 by the American Indian...
South Dakota Rep. Dusty Johnson introduces bill to preserve Wounded Knee massacre site
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRep. Dusty Johnson, R-SD, introduced federal legislation Tuesday to preserve an area of land where...
Wounded Knee Massacre monument vandalized, damaged
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA monument erected over a century ago to honor tribal leaders killed in the Wounded Knee Massacre was broken and vandalized earlier this month on the...
Bill for preserving site of Wounded Knee massacre in South Dakota passes U.S. House
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA bill to preserve the site of the Wounded Knee massacre — one of the deadliest massacres in U.S....
Legacy of Wounded Knee occupation lives on 50 years later
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“It was the cultural legacy that racism isn’t OK and people don’t need to be quiet and accept it...
How a siege led by Native Americans 50 years ago laid the groundwork for the Standing Rock protests
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn armed Native American takes cover in a trench between sandbags during the Wounded Knee...
AP WAS THERE: The occupation at Wounded Knee
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEDITOR’S NOTE — On Feb. 27, 1973, members of the American Indian Movement took over the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, starting a 71-day occupation...
South Dakota Rep. Introduces Bill to Protect Site of Wounded Knee Massacre
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSpecifically, Johnson’s Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act places the land into...
Wounded Knee artifacts highlight slow pace of repatriations
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTribes in South Dakota are working with a rural Massachusetts museum to return hundreds of items...