Oglala Lakota and AIM supporters seized and occupied town of Wounded Knee on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Action led to a 71 day standoff.

Recognizing the need to preserve ʻōlelo Hawai'i, Larry "Kauanoe" Lindsey Kimura started an all Hawaiian language radio program on KCCN. His first guest was John Kameaaloha Almeida, an old-time and well-known Hawaiian musician. Over 16 years of the program, he would record more than 550 hours of Hawaiian language interviews, serving as a crucial bridge between the older generation of speakers who learned from parents educated before the 1896 language ban and the new generation of learnings coming of age in the 1970's and ever since. Ka Leo Hawai'i means the Hawaiian Voice.