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Temporada 21 · Capítulo 9 · 2009-05-11

American Experience Temporada 21 Capítulo 9: We Shall Remain (5): Wounded Knee – Ver Online

We Shall Remain (5): Wounded Knee

On the night of February 27, 1973, fifty-four cars rolled, horns blaring, into a small hamlet on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Within hours, some 200 Oglala Lakota and American Indian Movement (AIM) activists had seized the few major buildings in town and police had cordoned off the area. The occupation of Wounded Knee had begun. Demanding redress for grievances—some going back more than 100 years—the protesters captured the world's attention for 71 gripping days.