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Occupation of Wounded Knee begins.

Feb. 27, 1973

Occupation of Wounded Knee begins. Wounded Knee, South Dakota, 1973. (AP)
Oglala Lakota and AIM supporters seized and occupied town of Wounded Knee on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Action led to a 71 day standoff.