Witness History - Wounded Knee siege
Fifty years ago, indigenous American activists staged a historic protest against the US authorities.
A siege began which lasted for two months and resulted in the violent deaths of two tribal members and the injuring of a US marshal.
In 2011 Russell Means, the former national director of the ‘American Indian Movement', spoke to the programme.
(Photo: Russell Means in 1973. Credit: Getty Images)
Published on Monday, 27th February 2023.
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