Wounded Knee, South Dakota
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Wounded Knee is a census-designated place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 364 at the 2020 census.
Wounded Knee in 2005
Wounded Knee Occupation
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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 seized and occupied the t
Wounded Knee, South Dakota
…Cavalry killed more than 300 men, women and children who were being relocated to the Sioux reservation at Pine Ridge. On February 27, 1973, during the Wounded Knee Occupation, the American Indian Movement (AIM) occupied the Pine Ridge Reservation near Wounded Knee in protest against the federal government and its policies…
A member of the American Indian Movement in front of the Wounded Knee church
The Archway leading to the Wounded Knee cemetery
Stairs leading to Wounded Knee church building