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  2. Wounded Knee Occupation - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Sacheen Littlefeather - Wikipedia

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    Before the ceremony, Brando decided that—as the favorite to win [57] —he would boycott as a protest led by AIM against the ongoing siege at Wounded Knee and his views on how Native Americans were represented in American films. [55] He called Littlefeather and asked her to appear on his behalf.

  4. Sacheen Littlefeather Reflects on 1973 Oscars: ‘I Did Not Do ...

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    At that time in 1973, there was a media blackout on Wounded Knee and against the American Indian Movement that was occupying it. Marlon had called them in advance and asked them to watch the ...

  5. Gladys Bissonette - Wikipedia

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    That night on February 27, 1973, a caravan of cars made its way to Wounded Knee. The subsequent occupation of the village lasted 71 days. During the occupation, Gladys Bissonette worked at the health clinic established there and was one of the negotiators with Kent Frizzell, the Assistant Attorney General selected to negotiate with the occupiers. [5]

  6. Darlene Ka-Mook Nichols - Wikipedia

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    Darlene Nichols, also known by the names Kamook, Ka-Mook, Kamook Nichols and Ka-Mook Nichols, is the name of a former AIM member and Native American protester. She is best known for her role in the American Indian Movement for organizing (and participating in) The Longest Walk, and for serving as a key material witness [10] in the trials of Arlo Looking Cloud, Richard Marshall, and John Graham ...

  7. Guardians of the Oglala Nation - Wikipedia

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    On February 27, 1973, local Oglala protesters and AIM activists seized the village of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in an armed protest of their failed effort to dislodge Wilson from office. A 71-day standoff with law enforcement commenced, and ultimately Federal forces were sent to the reservation, as Federal law enforcement has jurisdiction ...

  8. Anna Mae Aquash - Wikipedia

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    Annie Mae Aquash (Mi'kmaq name Naguset Eask) (March 27, 1945 – mid-December 1975 [1] [2]) was a First Nations activist and Mi'kmaq tribal member from Nova Scotia, Canada. . Aquash moved to Boston in the 1960s and joined other First Nations and Indigenous Americans focused on education, resistance, and police brutality against urban Indigenous peo

  9. Ellen Moves Camp - Wikipedia

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    The Wounded Knee Occupation, known as the "Second Wounded Knee", began in February 1973 and lasted for 71 days. [3] It consisted of many Native Americans, namely members of AIM or those led by Oglala chiefs, [ 6 ] who met at Wounded Knee in protest of maltreatment at the hands of Dick Wilson.