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Photo: Russell Means, left, and Dennis Banks, speak to reporters ...
Photo: Russell Means, left, and Dennis Banks, speak to reporters during the 1973 American Indian Movement standoff at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Means hopes to make a film of this historic event called "Wounded Knee 1973."
Leonard Crow Dog's 1971 Sun Dance was one of the first held since 1890. For many it was the first time they could pray their own Nation's prayers. As a result he spent 27 months in solitary confinement. His father had protected him from American School's linguistic and religious genocide, and taught him the First Nation's Faith. First Nation religion only became legal in the United States in 1978.
AIM activists Dennis Banks & Russell Means (1973)
Wounded Knee: 40 years after the occupation
View photos from the 1973 occupation and photos of Don Cuny who shares his story from the 71 day occupation.
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Native American advocate Russell Means at press conference, Boston...
Native American advocate Russell Means at press conference, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1971.
Russell Means and Dennis Banks - early days of AIM