Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 27 ga Fabrairu, 1973, masu zanga-zangar Oglala na gida da masu fafutukar AIM sun kwace kauyen Wounded Knee, Dakota ta Kudu, a wani
zanga-zangar nuna rashin amincewa da kokarin da suka yi na tsige Wilson daga mukaminsa. An fara gwagwarmaya ta kwanaki 71 tare da tilasta bin doka, kuma a ƙarshe an tura sojojin Tarayya zuwa ajiyar, kamar yadda tilasta bin doka ta Tarayya ke da iko a kan mafi yawan lamuran laifi. A lokacin tashin hankali, GOONs sun yi musayar wuta tare da masu mamaye. 'Yan daba kuma sun sanya nasu shingen hanya. FBI ta kuma yi aiki tare tare da tallafawa shugaban ƙabilar na gida, da masu ba da kariya. Mista Wilson sananne ne game da cin hanci da rashawa da kuma cin zarafin iko a cikin ajiyar.