Hundreds mark Wounded Knee occupation's 40th anniversary

Thursday, February 28, 2013  

Hundreds of people gathered on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota on Wednesday to mark the 40th anniversary of the occupation of Wounded Knee.

The American Indian Movement started the occupation on February 27, 1973. It lasted 71 days and helped propel the group and its leaders to national attention.

One of those leaders was Russell Means, who was a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. He died last October at the age of 72.

"He was articulate ... a proud Lakota," Oglala Sioux President Bryan Brewer said at a memorial for Means yesterday, the Associated Press reported. "Today he is a version of our modern day Crazy Horse."

Get the Story:
Ceremonial Walk Commemorates Wounded Knee Anniversary (KELO-TV 2/27)
AIM members meet at Wounded Knee to mark anniversary (KEVN-TV 2/27)
Wounded Knee - 40 years later (The Sheridan County Journal Star 2/27)
Gunfire, chants mark Wounded Knee anniversary (AP 2/28)

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