Red Power

Red Power

by Johnson, Troy R.

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The 71-day occupation of the village at Wounded Knee - February 27 to May 8, 1973 - is a watershed event in the chronology of American Indian activism, because it reflects both the height of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and the beginning of the end of the power of that organization. It was at Wounded Knee Village where government forces surrounded a small, poorly armed band of AIM members who were protesting the death of Raymond Yellow Thunder and Wesley Bad Heart Bull and the subsequent …

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  • Full title :Red Power.

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The 71-day occupation of the village at Wounded Knee - February 27 to May 8, 1973 - is a watershed event in the chronology of American Indian activism, because it reflects both the height of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and the beginning of the end of the power of that organization. It was at Wounded Knee Village where government forces surrounded a small, poorly armed band of AIM members who were protesting the death of Raymond Yellow Thunder and Wesley Bad Heart Bull and the subsequent court trials that meted out only minimal sentences for involuntary manslaughter to the non-Indian def.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Chelsea House
  • Place of Publication:Broomall
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2007.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (113 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781438103891, 1438103891
  • oclc:on1024285518
  • LC Classification:E98.T77J65 2007eb
  • Dewey Decimal:323.1197

Subjects

Éducation interculturelle Indians of North America Multicultural education

Writers

Johnson, Troy R.

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