'We're not the subjugated and disenfranchised people that we were. Wounded Knee was an important beginning of that,' said one Ponca elder who took part in the 1973 uprising.
"We're not the subjugated and disenfranchised people that we were," said one Ponca elder who took part in the 1973 revolt."Wounded Knee was an important beginning of that."As many Native Americans on Monday marked the 50th anniversary of the militant occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, participants in the 1973 uprising and other activists linked the deadly revolt to modern-day Indigenous resistance, from Standing Rock to the #LandBack movement.
Camp said the occupation drove previously"unimaginable" changes, including the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Child Welfare Act, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, and the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
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