Wounded Knee Occupation (1973)

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The Wounded Knee Occupation (1973) was a 71-day armed standoff on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where American Indian Movement activists and Oglala Lakota residents protested U.S. government treaty violations and tribal corruption, becoming a defining moment of the Red Power movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed standoff ⓘ
event in Native American history ⓘ
event in United States history ⓘ
political protest ⓘ
siege ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows Trail of Broken Treaties (1972) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
differentFrom Wounded Knee Massacre (1890) ⓘ
duration 71 days ⓘ
endDate 1973-05-08 ⓘ
hasCause allegations of corruption in Oglala Sioux tribal government ⓘ
alleged violations of U.S.–Lakota treaties ⓘ
demands for sovereignty and self-determination ⓘ
hasContext 1970s civil rights movements in the United States ⓘ
history of U.S. treaty-making with Plains tribes ⓘ
hasEffect galvanized Native American activism ⓘ
heightened media coverage of treaty rights ⓘ
increased federal scrutiny of conditions on Pine Ridge Reservation ⓘ
hasTypeOfConflict conflict between Native activists and federal authorities ⓘ
internal tribal political conflict ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Lakota ⓘ
location Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ⓘ
Wounded Knee, South Dakota ⓘ
linked to: Wounded Knee Creek
mainSubject American Indian civil rights ⓘ
Native American sovereignty ⓘ
treaty rights ⓘ
tribal governance corruption ⓘ
namedAfter Wounded Knee ⓘ
linked to: Wounded Knee Creek
notableFor revival of discussion about the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ
role in shaping public perception of the American Indian Movement ⓘ
symbolic challenge to U.S. federal authority over Native nations ⓘ
opponent Oglala Sioux Tribal Chairman Dick Wilson ⓘ
linked to: Russell Means

United States government ⓘ
organizer American Indian Movement ⓘ
participant Bureau of Indian Affairs police ⓘ
Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
Oglala Lakota residents ⓘ
Oglala Sioux Tribal Government supporters ⓘ
United States Marshals Service ⓘ
partOf Red Power movement ⓘ
result increased national attention to Native American issues ⓘ
injuries and deaths among participants ⓘ
multiple arrests of American Indian Movement members ⓘ
negotiated settlement ⓘ
significantEvent exchange of gunfire between occupiers and federal agents ⓘ
startDate 1973-02-27 ⓘ

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Red Power movement → hasKeyEvent → Wounded Knee Occupation (1973) ⓘ
American Indian Movement → organized → Occupation of Wounded Knee (1973) ⓘ
linked to: Wounded Knee Occupation (1973)
American Indian Movement → notableEvent → 1973 Wounded Knee occupation ⓘ
linked to: Wounded Knee Occupation (1973)
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation → significantEvent → Wounded Knee Occupation of 1973 ⓘ
linked to: Wounded Knee Occupation (1973)
Red Power → relatedTo → Wounded Knee Occupation (1973) ⓘ
Trail of Broken Treaties → followedBy → Wounded Knee Occupation (1973) ⓘ
Dennis Banks → participatedIn → Wounded Knee Occupation (1973) ⓘ
Oglala band of the Lakota → associatedEvent → Wounded Knee Occupation (1973) ⓘ
Oglala Lakota → historicalEventInvolvement → Wounded Knee Occupation ⓘ
linked to: Wounded Knee Occupation (1973)
Trail of Broken Treaties caravan → followedBy → Wounded Knee Occupation of 1973 ⓘ
linked to: Wounded Knee Occupation (1973)