Wounded Knee (Lakota: Čaŋkpé Opí) is a census-designated
place (CDP) in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The
population was 382 at the 2010 census.
The town is named for the Wounded Knee Creek which runs
through the region. The bones and heart of the Sioux chief Crazy Horse were
reputedly buried along this creek by his family following his death in 1877.
The town lies within the Pine Ridge Reservation, territory of the Oglala Lakota
(Sioux).
History
On December 29, 1890, in the same area, in an incident
known as the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States 7th Cavalry killed more
than 300 men, women and children who were being relocated to the Sioux
reservation at Pine Ridge.
In 1973, during the Wounded Knee incident, the American
Indian Movement (AIM) occupied the Pine Ridge Reservation near Wounded Knee in
protest against the federal government and its policies related to Native
Americans. They began the occupation on February 27. A 71-day standoff between
federal authorities and the AIM ensued. The group members surrendered on May 8.
In 1973, Redbone released the politically oriented
"We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee", recalling the massacre of
Lakota Sioux Indians by the 7th Cavalry Regiment in 1890. The song ends with
the subtly altered sentence "We were all wounded 'by' Wounded Knee".
It charted in several European countries and reached the No. 1 position in The
Netherlands but did not chart in the U.S. where it was initially withheld from
release due to lyrical controversy and then banned by several radio stations
due to its confrontation of a sore subject.
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