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Today, February 27th, marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the 71x day Occupation of Wounded Knee, led by the leaders of the American Indian movement. Throughout the next 71x days, we will be releasing rare footage of the Wounded Knee Occupation, White House Delegations, and American Indian Movement. If you want to dive in deep now, you can watch all these videos in the following playlist:

Wounded Knee Occupation & White House Delegations - led by the American Indian Movement (AIM), Pine Ridge Reservation, 1973 - www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

American Indian Movement (AIM) - BIA Occupation / Trail of Broken Treaties / Custer Protest / Wounded Knee Occupation - www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

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On February 27, 1973, about 250x Oglala Lakota led by members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) converged on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, launching the historical 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee.

Set in the same impoverished village as the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre, the occupation called global attention to unsafe living conditions and generations of mistreatment from federal and local agencies. The occupation, which began during the evening of February 27, is hailed as one of AIM’s greatest successes.

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. 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.

“In a way, it was a very beautiful experience,” said Len Foster, a Navajo man who joined AIM in 1970 and was at Wounded Knee for the entire 71 days. “It was a time to look at the commitment we made and a willingness to put our lives on the line for a cause.”

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