Native Americans seized #WoundedKnee 50 years ago. Here's what 1 reporter remembers

by Rachel Treisman, February 27, 2023

"It's been exactly 50 years since hundreds of #NativeAmerican activists seized the #SouthDakota town of Wounded Knee, kicking off a monthslong occupation that helped galvanize the movement for #IndigenousRights across the U.S.

"On Feb. 27, 1973, some 200 members of the #OglalaLakota tribe, led by members of American Indian Movement (AIM), occupied the #PineRidge Reservation village — which was also the site of the 1890 massacre in which federal troops killed as many as 300 #Lakota men, women and children.

"The activists set out to protest #corruption in tribal #leadership and highlight the U.S. government's failure to honor Native treaties. They went on to hold the town for 71 days, in what the U.S. Marshals Service calls the 'longest civil disorder' in its history."

#RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #Genocide #NativeAmerican #USA #History

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/27/1159630250/wounded-knee-occupation-50th-anniversary

Die Oglala-Lakota in Pine Ridge - da, wo 1890 das Massaker stattfand - frieren in ihren Hütten. Die Öfen sind mies, der Winter ist hart. Helft, wenn Ihr könnt. Die Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker nimmt Geld für die Leute in der Reservation.

https://www.lakota-indianer.com/so-helfen-sie

#pineridge
#firstnations
#lakota

@quinn Well, it's not all classic mutual aid, but I just boosted a post I found at #pineridge that lists various options for getting people what they need at Pine Ridge.

Donate to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation families.
#StormElliott #PineRidge #NativeAmerica #NativeAmericans
https://friendsofpineridgereservation.org/organizations/organizations-firstfamiliesnow/

https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/23/thousands-trapped-on-pine-ridge-burn-clothes-for-warmth-in-wake-of-storm/69752694007/ Thousands stranded and dozens die awaiting help in a natural disaster. Prayers up for #PineRidge

We help as we can right now, but it’s important to remember that that living situation – surviving, not living – is the result of ongoing #injustice. Support #LandBack and other struggles for Indigenous liberation, and if you can spare a little money to #help in the short term, it’s sorely needed. Even if you can just spare $1, that combines with what others give, and it’s our collective power that can save lives.

#PolarVortex #Emergency #PineRidgeReservation #PineRidge

https://freethoughtblogs.com/oceanoxia/2022/12/25/pine-ridge-reservation-needs-your-help/

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is snowed in and short of food and wood for heat. They ask anyone who can help to please help. National Guard has been called out too.

46,000 tribe members live across the reservation's 3 million acres in an area roughly the size of Connecticut.

#SouthDakota #native #emergency #blizzard #PineRidge #help #Sioux

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64083848

Ann T. (Shot)
RESPECTS NOTHING
Wife of Woodrow G. Respects Nothing

Saw at the Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark in Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.

#TombTuesday #PineRidge #WoundedKnee #Lakota

The items being returned are just a tiny fraction of an estimated 870,000 Native American artifacts — including nearly 110,000 human remains — in the possession of the nation’s most prestigious colleges, museums and even the federal government that under federal law are supposed to be returned to the tribes
https://www.bhpioneer.com/local_news/wounded-knee-artifacts-to-be-returned-to-tribe/article_ed499106-48e5-11ed-8dec-17722c763721.html

#Lakota #Sioux #artifacts #WoundedKneeMassacre 1990 #NAGPRA
#FoundersMuseum #PineRidge