SJ 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, American Indian Movement, Watergate Scandal
Document Summary
He was native white and treated full-blooded natives who lived traditional lives on the reservation with violence and as second-class citizens. He terrorized people on pine ridge with his goon squad: his corruption and unequal treatment sparked the wounded. Knee standoff by traditionalists on the reservation: aim was protesting the us government, the corrupt indian. Government on pine ridge & the overall system of oppression: it was a 71-day standoff between protesters and government officials, this event occurred simultaneously with the korean war and the. Watergate scandal: the us army & government confronted aim at wounded knee because the natives were holding white townspeople (cid:498)hostage(cid:499), natives ransacked the town grocery store but everyone was free to leave town if they wanted. He was the only casualty throughout the entire standoff: aim tried to keep the protest from falling apart but they could not, after the protest ended dick wilson released his reign of terror on the.
