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1973 Wounded Knee: Dick Wilson with GOONs
1media/Screenshot 2023-03-17 at 3.35.55 PM_thumb.png2023-03-17T22:38:13+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Tribal president Dick Wilson (center) and members of his paramilitary unit the GOONs (Guardians of the Oglala Nation). This photo is taken during the 1973 siege of Wounded Knee, where the GOONs worked with police and military to repress the resistance. Richard A. Wilson (April 29, 1934 – January 31, 1990) was elected chairman of the Oglala Lakota of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where he served from 1972–1976, following re-election in 1974. Following complaints about his favoring friends and family in award of jobs and suppressing political opponents with his private militia, Guardians of the Oglala Nation (GOONs), members of the tribal council brought impeachment charges against him in February 1973.plain2023-03-17T22:38:13+00:001973Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49