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Wounded Knee siege

Fifty years ago, indigenous American activists staged a historic protest against the US authorities. A siege began at the site of a historic massacre, Wounded Knee.

Fifty years ago, indigenous American activists staged a historic protest against the US authorities.

A siege began which lasted for two months and resulted in the violent deaths of two tribal members and the injuring of a US marshal.

In 2011 Russell Means, the former national director of the 鈥楢merican Indian Movement', spoke to the programme.

(Photo: Russell Means in 1973. Credit: Getty Images)

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