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The Red Nation Podcast

Remember Me at Wounded Knee - An Oral History

The Red Nation Podcast

The Red Nation

Society & Culture, History

4.8943 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

The 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee by Oglalas and the American Indian Movement was a watershed moment. February 27, 2023 is the 50th anniversary of the historic takeover. This episode features the personal and family histories of Madonna Thunder Hawk and Bill Means—a story told by the Wounded Knee participants themselves about the importance of the American Indian Movement.

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0:00.0

The So, You know what that's exactly? Well it wasn't aimlessly we were all aims but

0:38.4

everybody always thinks you know I seriously think people that have done stuff on Wounded Knee what happened.

0:46.0

They actually thought it was this, you know, strategized, planned out action. And it was a total opposite the total opposite so you know that's

1:01.0

how I think it I never really thought about doing this walk

1:06.6

a walkabout but Nick called and he was saying you know how important to get you know interviews of

1:17.0

People that were here and you know what happened and all that and then I started thinking

1:22.0

Good grief. It's practically in our backyard and I've never been over

1:25.3

here to do this just kind of like took it for granted oh yeah that's what

1:31.1

happened and then so I thought g, gee, my kids and my grandkids don't even know details.

1:37.0

What the? So, da da, we're here.

1:41.0

So we'll just walk around and talk. Okay? Yeah, well what I would like to suggest is those of us who are filming, that those of us who are not, that we're not like this ruining the film you know or like this

1:55.0

ruining the film you know or like this trying to get because

2:01.0

so then I'll be like this, we got these and you have that.

2:05.0

Okay.

2:06.0

But we don't want backs of heads and...

2:09.0

So just be conscious that we need to, you yeah so we're not going like this either

2:15.1

like trying to catch up to you and you know what you're not you don't want to be but

2:21.1

we want that okay I want to see you guys do that.

2:25.0

Well first of all Andrea.

2:29.0

Andrea...

2:30.0

Andrea...

2:31.0

Do you guys...

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