Voices from Wounded Knee, 1973. In the Words of the Participants

Description: Voices from Wounded Knee, 1973. In the Words of the Participants Softcover book with no DJ. Worn condition. Binding tight. Worn around the corners, edges and spine. Covers heavily scuffed. White parts of the covers is yellowed. Page corners are thumb worn. Inside, there are various stains on the inside front cover. More stains and some pencil writing on the inside front end page. The remainder of the pages have no markings. But they are yellowed and some have more stains. 9.75" x 8". 262 pages with many B&W photos. This book has been out of print and should be archived someplace as it is the only documentary that was produced of the 1973 uprising. "In the winter of 1890, U.S. Government forces massacred nearly 300 Indian people, mainly women and children, after they had surrendered all but one of their weapons. The site of the massacre was Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation. In the winter of 1973, several hundred Oglala Sioux and their supporters from other tribes returned to Wounded Knee to make a stand ... This stand on Indian land for Indian rights were met by the U.S. Government with armored personnel carriers, helicopters, automatic rifles, and other Viet Nam era weapons. But for 71 days no Federal law enforcement personnel or Bureau of Indian Affairs officials had any authority in Wounded Knee. For 71 days, through countless battles and negotiating sessions, and despite the Government's blockade of food, fuel, and medical supplies, a self-governing community was built. This book is a documentary about the occupation."--Editor's Introduction.

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