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50 years after Wounded Knee

About the American Indian Movement’s occupation of the historic site and life on the reservation today.

In 1973, the American Indian Movement occupied the historically symbolic site. How do the Oglala Lakota live today?

Wounded Knee in South Dakota was the site of the last Indian massacre in 1890. The trauma continues to shape the descendants to this dayWhat did the militant protest in 1973 accomplish?

Check out pictures of my protagonists here on my website.

And read a summary of my radio posts about Wounded Knee in English on my Substack blog, Rebecca’s Transatlantic Post.

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