The Wounded Knee occupation in 1973 lasted 71 days, drew worldwide attention, and ended with the deaths of two American Indian Movement members and the wounding of several federal law enforcement officers. The occupation took over the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, which was the site of the 1890 massacre of as many as 300 Native Americans.
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