Bury My Casino at Wounded Knee

On December 29, 1890, at Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment finally took their revenge against the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes for the Battle of Little Bighorn that took the life of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, and 268 others, 14 years previous. 300 unarmed Indians were surrounded by the 7th at Wounded Knee and summarily shot. 25 of the 7th were killed by friendly fire. The “Indian Wars” had finally come to a bloody conclusion at Wounded Knee massacre.

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Red Power and Taking AIM: Russell Means and the Reemergence of the American Indian Movement

Russell Means was a wounded warrior in the inequal fight for freedom and civil rights between the American Indian and the Federal government.  He was a hero to his people and an inspiration to the rest of us.  Russell Means died on October 22, 2012 on his beloved Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.  He was 72.

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