Wounded Knee 1973: The Long Struggle To End Oppression
On February 27, 1973, Native American activists took over a town which was the site of the Wounded Knee massacre.
Wounded Knee – An Inspiration 42 Years On
This brief was originally published in 2015. On February 27, 1973 a struggle broke out on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in North Dakota. Native peoples gathered to protest their corrupt local government officials who used their authority for their own profit. To protest the corruption, people occupied Wounded Knee, the site of a massacre […]
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Whose History is Told?
(This is a slightly updated reprint of a 2020 article by Speak Out Now.) Monday, October 10, 2022 is Indigenous People’s Day, but the longstanding U.S. tradition is to celebrate it as Columbus Day. The official change of name was marked in 1989 with a decree by the state of South Dakota. This has created […]