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The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government.
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American Indian Movement
American Indian civil rights organization
The American Indian Movement (AIM) is an American Indian grassroots movement which was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in July 1968, initially centered in urban areas in order to address systemic issues of poverty, discrimination, and police brutality against American Indians.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Wounded Knee, South Dakota
CDP in South Dakota, United States
Wounded Knee is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 364 at the 2020 census.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Wounded Knee Occupation
1973 American Indian occupation protest
The Wounded Knee Occupation, also known as Second Wounded Knee, 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, United States, on the Pine Ridge…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
February 27
Day of the year
February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 307 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)