Wounded Knee Occupation, 1973
Wide-angle view of the Sacred Heart Church, overlooking the site of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre, during the Wounded Knee Occupation (also known as Second Wounded Knee) at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, 28th February 1973. On 27th February 1973, approximately 200 members of the AIM took the reservation hamlet of Wounded Knee by force, declaring it the 'Independent Oglala Sioux Nation,' the hamlet was immediately surrounded by federal marshals, and a siege began, which ended on 8th May 1973. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
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February 28, 1973
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- Conflict,
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- Indigenous Peoples of the Americas,
- Landscape - Scenery,
- Looking Over,
- Native American Reservation,
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- Outdoors,
- Pine Ridge Reservation,
- Place of Worship,
- Protest,
- Siege,
- Social Justice - Concept,
- Social Movement,
- South Dakota,
- USA,
- Wide Angle,
- Wounded Knee - South Dakota,
- Wounded Knee Incident - 1973,
- Wounded Knee Massacre - 1890,