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2 wounded [ 1] The Wounded Knee Occupation, also known as Second Wounded Knee, began on February 27, 1973, when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota (sometimes referred to as Oglala Sioux) and followers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, United States, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Thunder Hawk joined the American Indian Movement in its early years and was present at AIM's occupation of the Wounded Knee. She was a member of the Pie Patrol, a group of women active in AIM, which also included Thelma Rios , Theda Nelson Clarke , [ 14 ] Lorelei DeCora Means , [ 10 ] and Mary Crow Dog (née Moore), wife of civil rights ...
Lorelei DeCora. Lorelei DeCora Means ( née DeCora; born 1954) is a Native American nurse and civil rights activist. She is best known for her role in the second siege in the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. She was also a co-founder of the American Indian organization, Women of All Red Nations .
Gladys Bissonette. Gladys Bissonette, "the brave–hearted woman of Wounded Knee", was an Oglala Lakota elder who was one of the leaders of the traditional faction during the violent turmoil on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation during the 1970s. Dick Wilson became Tribal Chairman in 1972 and began a "reign of terror" on the reservation.
Leader in Wounded Knee Occupation Ellen Moves Camp (born 1931) [ 1 ] was an Oglala woman who played a critical role in activism for Indians in America. [ 2 ] Her name became known when Dick Wilson , a chairman elected to oversee their reservation, started heavily persecuting the Native Americans that lived there. [ 3 ]
In 1973, Nogeeshik and Anna Mae traveled together to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota to join AIM activists and Oglala Lakota in what developed as the 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee, which ended on May 8, 1973. [10] They were married there in a Native ceremony by Wallace Black Elk, a Lakota elder. Anna Mae took Aquash as her ...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a Pentagon board to review Medal of Honor awards for troops who participated in the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre, where Native American women and children ...
Leaders of the American Indian Movement, such as Dennis Banks and Russell Means, came to Sapa Dawn, as well as its sweat lodge, before launching their 1973 at Wounded Knee Occupation in South Dakota. In this operation, nearly 200 activist in the American Indian Movement (AIM) took occupation of the Wounded Knee village for 71 days.