Defying a United States govt media blackout prohibiting journalists entering #WoundedKnee in 1973 #KevinMcKiernan spent the entire 71 days there.
#FromWoundedKneeToStandingRock: A Reporter's Journey
Defying a United States govt media blackout prohibiting journalists entering #WoundedKnee in 1973 #KevinMcKiernan spent the entire 71 days there.
#FromWoundedKneeToStandingRock: A Reporter's Journey
"The enthralling film, #FromWoundedKneeToStandingRock: a Reporter’s Journey, has been screening on local PBS affiliates this year, and it recalls how effective #AIM was in galvanizing US institutions to roll back destructive Cold War policies that exacerbated #Indigenous poverty, violence and incarceration."
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/wounded-knees-radical-legacy/
#WoundedKnee #WoundedKnee1973 #AmericanIndianMovement #Lakota #LakotaNation #NativeAmericans #FirstNations #FBI #COINTELPRO #Documentary #Cinema #KevinMcKiernan
The 50th Anniversary of the Occupation of #WoundedKnee: Part 2
"Under a United States govt media blackout prohibiting journalists to enter Wounded Knee, our guest managed to enter Wounded Knee where he spent the entire 71 days .."
Guest: #KevinMcKiernan, director of #FromWoundedKneeToStandingRock: A Reporter's Journey
#WoundedKnee1973 #AIM #AmericanIndianMovement #Lakota #LakotaNation #NativeAmericans #FirstNations #FBI #COINTELPRO
Part 1 The Apache Stronghold with Indigenous allies and US and international supporters have tirelessly been working to stop a nearly eight-year-long process to exchange Oak Flat, a 2,200-acre site in
The 50th Anniversary of the Occupation of #WoundedKnee: Part 1
"Under a United States govt media blackout prohibiting journalists to enter Wounded Knee, our guest managed to enter Wounded Knee where he spent the entire 71 days .."
Guest: #KevinMcKiernan, director of #FromWoundedKneeToStandingRock: A Reporter's Journey
#WoundedKnee1973 #AIM #AmericanIndianMovement #Lakota #LakotaNation #NativeAmericans #FirstNations #FBI #COINTELPRO
https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp/the-50th-anniversary-of-the-occupation-of-wounded-knee-part-1
2023 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Occupation of Wounded Knee which is the outcome of over 200 members of the American Indian Movement and supporters occupying Wounded Knee, Lakota Nation (South D