Wounded Knee Occupation (1973) in February 27, 1973, a 71-day uprising began when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and American Indian Movement (AIM) members seized the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to demand treaty negotiations. Paul Manhart S.J. and ten other residents of the area were apprehended at gunpoint and taken hostage.
The town was promptly surrounded by an army of U.S. personnel. John Sayer, author of "Ghost Dancing the Law: The Wounded Knee Trials", wrote - "The equipment maintained by the military while in use during the siege included fifteen armored personnel carriers, clothing, rifles, grenade launchers, flares, and 133,000 rounds of ammunition, for a total cost, including the use of maintenance personnel from the National Guard of five states and pilot and planes for aerial photographs, of over half a million dollars."
Although the Department of Justice (DoJ) prohibited media from the site, the occupation received support from the Congressional Black Caucus and prominent public figures, including Marlon Brando, Johnny Cash, Angela Davis, and Jane Fonda. Angela Davis was turned away by federal forces as an "undesirable person" when she attempted to enter Wounded Knee in March 1973.
Marlon Brando asked Sacheen Littlefeather, President of the National Native American Affirmative Image Committee, to speak at the 45th Academy Awards on his behalf. She appeared at the March 27th ceremony in traditional Apache clothing and stated that Brando declined the award due to "the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry...and on television and movie reruns and also with recent happenings at Wounded Knee".
Tribal leaders called off the occupation after 71 days after the killing of Lawrence "Buddy" Lamont, a local Oglala man, by U.S. sniper fire. The terms of ending the occupation included a mandated meeting at Chief Fools Crow's land to discuss reinstating the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, which stated that the Black Hills of South Dakota belonged to the Sioux people.
In the 1980 Supreme Court case United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, the Court held that the taking of property that was set aside for the use of the nation required just compensation, including interest. The Sioux have not accepted the compensation awarded to them by this case, valued at $1.3 billion as of 2011.
"If we accept the money, then we have no more of the treaty obligations that the federal government has with us for taking our land, for taking our gold, all our resources out of the Black Hills...we’re poor now, we’ll be poorer then when that happens."
former Oglala Sioux Tribe President Theresa Two Bulls
I hope you nerds have a great next week and also first week of March. 
Remember no crackers
@3rdWorldCommieCat@hexbear.net its just like you said
Having empathy for non-human animals is good and necessary but the fact they overlook the extreme suffering of their fellow humans, even some of the most vulnerable such as children and the elderly is where we go wrong. In white liberal circles it almost seems like it's a badge of honor to be callous towards human suffering but feel moved by animal suffering (unless it's animals they dislike such as pandas since they're a Chinese symbol or the animals they use for food), we should be moved by both. And it's almost always focusing on cute animals over poc lives. This is me speaking from personal experience but I remember years ago where a viral tiktok by a white girl where she admitted she felt no sympathy for homeless people (men, women and children) but felt moved by homeless animals and so many white people agreeing. Disgusting.
Unfortunately, most humans love what animals can do for them more than they respect them as individuals.
They seen them as toys or food most times.
Yeah some people find it bizarre that I like to just sit next to a pond and watch the ducks swim around. I’ll tell them about it and they’ll find some way to mention eating them. Like what the fuck is wrong with you?
I find it disturbing how some people just have to ruin wholesome things for others and even go as far as mentioning harm to other living beings for it. Just cause they're empty inside doesn't mean we all are.