Wounded+Knee

In the twentieth century many events, wars and protests happened, but the one that a lot of people might not know about is the incident at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. The incident was a seventy one day siege between US marshals and the American Indian Movement. AIM was started by a man named Russell Means because the Indians were being unfairly treated.
 * By Corah, grade 6**

In the summer of 1968 two hundred members of the AIM organization had a meeting to discuss the issues that the Indians dealt with every day, such as police brutality, high unemployment rates and the Federal Government’s policies concerning American Indians.

During the seventy one day siege AIM’s people started dying out because they didn’t have any access to food, water or medicine. So Russell Means and the two hundred Sioux members finally gave up and surrendered on May 8, 1973. Even today in Wounded Knee, South Dakota there is a museum about the incident so its legacy will live on.