10-week standoff at Wounded Knee ends peacefully 40 years ago this hour (1973)


Video: 'Wounded Knee 1973 American Studies' (May 8, 1973, at 2:56)

(Tuesday, May 8, 1973, 10:19 a.m. MDT) — A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and American Indian Movement activists who were occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, ended today with the surrender of the militants.