The Standoff at Wounded Knee - We’ve Bet with Our Lives | 2 - podcast episode cover

The Standoff at Wounded Knee - We’ve Bet with Our Lives | 2

Jul 23, 201938 minEp 2Transcript available on Metacast
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Episode description

Emboldened by their takeover of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, AIM takes its campaign for Indian rights to the border towns of South Dakota. But now AIM is a top law enforcement priority, and violent clashes with police follow. When the Oglala Lakota of Pine Ridge ask for AIM’s help in their fight against corrupt tribal president Dick Wilson, the occupation of Wounded Knee provokes a fearsome federal response.


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