Inside the Bunker — Memories of a Wounded Knee : Indybay

Wounded Knee warrior women join a reporter and lawyer to remember the 71 days of Wounded Knee, from bunkers to courtroom. Bullets whizzed past their ears as they fought back against heavily armed thugs and a US paramilitary attack on the people.

Brenda Norrell
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PORCUPINE, Oglala Lakota people. Wounded Knee warrior women join a reporter and lawyer to remember the 71 days of Wounded Knee, from bunkers to courtroom. Bullets whizzed past their ears as they fought back against heavily armed thugs and a US paramilitary attack on the people.

“Wounded Knee was just a spark, today we have a flame,” said Madonna Thunderheart, Lakota, during a panel discussion on the Warrior Women Project on Saturday, during the 50th anniversary of Wounded Knee in Porcupine Nation, an ogla Lakota in the south. Dakota.

When in 1973 the natives spoke out against the oppression and terror directed against the traditional Lakota, chaired by Oglala Dick Wilson and the BIA at Pine Ridge, many at Wounded Knee were shot dead by US government snipers. Bullets rained down, even from planes flying overhead, raining down and injuring them.

Lavette Yeko, a Kiowa from Oklahoma, turned 19 at Wounded Knee. During Saturday’s panel, Yeaquo recalls being young and naive. Lavetta remembers federal snipers whizzing over her head. She was in the same bunker as Frank Clearwater, who was shot in the back of the head through a wall and killed by a federal sniper.

Joanna Brown was a college broadcast reporter when she turned her attention to Wounded Knee. When the big media left in their fashion vans at the behest of the US government, she stayed. After it was all over, Akwesasne Notes asked her to be part of the book writing team.

According to Brown, “Voices from Wounded Knee 1973”, originally published by Akwesasne Notes, was reissued to celebrate Wounded Knee’s 50th anniversary.

Lawyer Fran Olsen came to Wounded Knee when lawyers were needed. She spent time between Wounded Knee and Rapid City and fought in the courtroom and at roadblocks where she was shot at. She helped the medical teams get in.

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Top photo courtesy of the Women Warriors Project: Madonna Thunderhawk remembers Wounded Knee on Saturday.

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