# Canonical recap data for Wounded Knee Occupation (1973)
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slug: wounded-knee-occupation
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1973/wounded-knee-occupation"
title: Wounded Knee Occupation
subtitle: Members of the American Indian Movement seize Wounded Knee, South Dakota, demanding treaty recognition and accelerating Native American sovereignty movements into mainstream politics.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1973-05-08
datePrecision: day
year: 1973
decade: 1970
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: ""
summaryLong: The Wounded Knee Occupation, also known as Second Wounded Knee, began on February 27, 1973, when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, United States, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The protest followed the failure of an effort of the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization (OSCRO) to use impeachment to remove tribal president Richard Wilson, whom they accused of corruption and abuse of opponents. Protesters also criticized the United States government's failure to fulfill treaties with Native American people, and demanded the reopening of treaty negotiations with the goal of fair and equitable treatment of Native Americans.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/AIM_member_in_bunker_outside_Wounded_Knee_church.jpg/1280px-AIM_member_in_bunker_outside_Wounded_Knee_church.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Wounded Knee Occupation"
importance: 79
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Occupation"
  title: Wounded Knee Occupation
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- protest
metaDescription: The Wounded Knee Occupation, also known as Second Wounded Knee, began on February 27, 1973, when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American I
wikidataQid: Q4202299
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260626041811/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Occupation"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-26
  label: Wounded Knee Occupation
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Occupation"
