Wounded Knee Occupation, 1973

Member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) Oscar Bear Runner stands guard with a rifle during the Wounded Knee Occupation (also known as Second Wounded Knee) at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, 2nd March 1973. On 27th February 1973, approximately 200 members of the AIM took the reservation hamlet of Wounded Knee by force, declaring it the 'Independent Oglala Sioux Nation,' the hamlet was immediately surrounded by federal marshals, and a siege began, which ended on 8th May 1973. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
Member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) Oscar Bear Runner stands guard with a rifle during the Wounded Knee Occupation (also known as Second Wounded Knee) at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, 2nd March 1973. On 27th February 1973, approximately 200 members of the AIM took the reservation hamlet of Wounded Knee by force, declaring it the 'Independent Oglala Sioux Nation,' the hamlet was immediately surrounded by federal marshals, and a siege began, which ended on 8th May 1973. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
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02 March, 1973
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