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World Service,26 Feb 2010,10 mins

Siege of Wounded Knee

Witness History

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When native American activists took control of a tiny settlement on an Indian reservation in South Dakota, no one could have predicted that their action would last for over two months. But the siege at Wounded Knee was to turn the spotlight on the treatment of American Indians.

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