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Legacy of Wounded Knee occupation lives on 50 years later

APTOPIX Wounded Knee Occupation AP Was There
A man holds up a rifle in Wounded Knee, S.D., in February 1973. On Feb. 27, 1973, members of the American Indian Movement took over the town, starting a 71-day occupation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
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