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On Guard at Wounded Knee

On Guard at Wounded Knee
Armed members of the American Indian Movement stand guard in Wounded Knee, South Dakota, during a 71-day standoff with the United States government in 1973. The culmination of the Native American protest movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Wounded Knee helped inspire a new generation of Native Americans to work toward addressing the persistent economic problems facing their communities, such as unemployment and poverty.
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Wounded Knee; Sioux; Native American Policy; Native Americans of North America; American Indian Movement
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