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1973 Wounded Knee: AIM members defend a blockade during the occupation of Wounded Knee
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-26 at 4.53.43 PM_thumb.png2022-10-26T23:56:43+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911The day after the Wounded Knee occupation began, AIM members traded gunfire with the federal marshals surrounding the settlement and fired on automobiles and low-flying planes that dared come within rifle range. Russell Means began negotiations for the release of the hostages, demanding that the U.S. Senate launch an investigation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and all Sioux reservations in South Dakota, and that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hold hearings on the scores of Indian treaties broken by the U.S. government.plain2022-10-26T23:56:43+00:001973Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49