![]() ![]() Senators from South Dakota to Wounded Knee. The occupation attracted wide media coverage, especially after the press accompanied two U.S. It was later determined that he had been buried on the reservation after allegedly being killed during a confrontation with AIM members. Ray Robinson, a civil rights activist who joined the protesters, disappeared during the events. ![]() Frank Clearwater (of Cherokee and Apache nations) was shot and wounded on April 17, dying 8 days later on April 25, 1973, and Lawrence "Buddy" Lamont ( Oglala) was shot and killed on April 26, 1973. Marshal was shot by gunfire coming from the town, which ultimately resulted in paralysis. The activists chose the site of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre for its symbolic value. Oglala and AIM activists controlled the town for 71 days while the United States Marshals Service, FBI agents, and other law enforcement agencies cordoned off the area. Additionally, protesters criticized the United States government's failure to fulfill treaties with Native American people and demanded the reopening of treaty negotiations to hopefully arrive at fair and equitable treatment of Native Americans. The protest followed the failure of an effort of the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization (OSCRO) to use impeachment to remove tribal president Richard Wilson, whom they accused of corruption and abuse of opponents. ![]() 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. ![]()
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