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This Happened – February 27:  Wounded Knee Occupation Begins

This Happened - February 27:  Wounded Knee Occupation Begins

Updated Feb. 27, 2024 at 11:50 a.m. On this day in 1973, American Indian Movement members occupied the Wounded Knee village on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota to protest the federal government’s treatment of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. The occupation lasted 71 days, and brought unprecedented attention to the plight of native […]

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Where Native Americans May Decide U.S. Midterm Elections

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On the campaign trail Rick Weiland for Senate

While elsewhere the ‘Obama factor’ may hurt Democrats, in South Dakota the Sioux tribe may tip the scales in the president’s favor as control of the U.S. Senate hangs in the balance.

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