115 Legion Way
Benefit for Wet’swuet’en : We Shall Remain : Wounded Knee :Screening at 115 Legion
THE EVENT:
Come to 115 Legion in honor and remembrance of the 47th anniversary of the occupation of Wounded Knee. We’re sharing a special screening of the documentary We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee. There will be books for sale, and a donation box for Books to Prisoners! Entry is $5, or pay what you can! Proceeds benefit Unist’ot’en Legal Fund.
THE DOCUMENTARY:
We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee (2009)
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On the night of February 27, 1973, fifty-four cars, horns blaring, rolled into a small hamlet on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Within hours, some 200 Oglala Lakota and American Indian Movement activists had seized the few major buildings in town and police had cordoned off the area. The occupation of Wounded Knee had begun. The protesters were demanding redress for grievances-some going back more than 100 years-and the expulsion of Pine Ridge tribal leader Dick Wilson, who governed the reservation through corruption and intimidation. In Wounded Knee, the gripping and controversial story of the armed standoff between American Indian activists and the federal government that captured the world’s attention for 71 suspenseful days is brought to life.
