Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 27 ga Fabrairu, 1973, a lokacin da aka yi wa Wounded Knee Occupation
A shekara ta 1917, Ƙungiyar Indiyawan Indiya (AIM) ta mallaki Pine Ridge Reservation kusa da Wounded Knee don nuna rashin amincewa da gwamnatin tarayya da manufofinta da suka shafi 'yan asalin ƙasar Amirka. Rashin daidaituwa na kwanaki 71 tsakanin hukumomin tarayya da AIM ya biyo baya. Membobin kungiyar sun mika wuya a ranar 8 ga Mayu.