Wounded Knee Restoration
Restoration of treaty making (ended by Congress in 1871).
Establishment of a treaty commission to make new treaties (with sovereign Native Nations).
Indian leaders to address Congress.
Review of treaty commitments and violations.
Unratified treaties to go before the Senate.
All Indians to be governed by treaty relations.
Relief for Native Nations for treaty rights violations.
Recognition of the right of Indians to interpret treaties.
Joint Congressional Committee to be formed on reconstruction of Indian relations.
Restoration of 110 million acres of land taken away from Native Nations by the United States.
Restoration of terminated rights.
Repeal of state jurisdiction on Native Nations.
Federal protection for offenses against Indians.
Abolishment …show more content…
In the middle of the night in February, two hundred members of the Sioux Tribe and AIM came into the small town in South Dakota and took its residents hostage, demanding the government follow through on past treaties. Over the course of the next 71 days, armed conflict took place between AIM and police forces. Women had a prominent role in the Wounded Knee Incident, as they were the numerical majority. Armed women guarded the town, and the idea of having the stand at Wounded Knee was that of a woman, Gladys Bissonette. (Langston, 1) She is quoted as saying, "Let's make our stand at Wounded Knee, because that place has meaning for us, because so many of our people were massacred there.” (Brave Bird, 195). Once the stand up ended, more men were taken to court than women, as a jury was unlikely to believe a group of women could be dangerous. These women continue to fight in other ways after the Wounded Knee …show more content…
Just like the unending efforts put forth by women in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, no matter the hardships, may it be a fighting government or treacherous conditions, the men and women of both AIM and the Women’s Suffrage Movement continue to fight for what they deserve in our free country.
Even when AIM is not a prominent part of society anymore, Natives continue to fight for the rights they deserve to their land. In recent events, the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) will cut through sacred Sioux land, and all types of people are protesting for their land to remain unmarked. Notable celebrity and women's rights activist Shailene Woodley was arrested for protesting the DAPL (Woodley, 1) but continues to fight against the pipeline after her
Establishment of a treaty commission to make new treaties (with sovereign Native Nations).
Indian leaders to address Congress.
Review of treaty commitments and violations.
Unratified treaties to go before the Senate.
All Indians to be governed by treaty relations.
Relief for Native Nations for treaty rights violations.
Recognition of the right of Indians to interpret treaties.
Joint Congressional Committee to be formed on reconstruction of Indian relations.
Restoration of 110 million acres of land taken away from Native Nations by the United States.
Restoration of terminated rights.
Repeal of state jurisdiction on Native Nations.
Federal protection for offenses against Indians.
Abolishment …show more content…
In the middle of the night in February, two hundred members of the Sioux Tribe and AIM came into the small town in South Dakota and took its residents hostage, demanding the government follow through on past treaties. Over the course of the next 71 days, armed conflict took place between AIM and police forces. Women had a prominent role in the Wounded Knee Incident, as they were the numerical majority. Armed women guarded the town, and the idea of having the stand at Wounded Knee was that of a woman, Gladys Bissonette. (Langston, 1) She is quoted as saying, "Let's make our stand at Wounded Knee, because that place has meaning for us, because so many of our people were massacred there.” (Brave Bird, 195). Once the stand up ended, more men were taken to court than women, as a jury was unlikely to believe a group of women could be dangerous. These women continue to fight in other ways after the Wounded Knee …show more content…
Just like the unending efforts put forth by women in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, no matter the hardships, may it be a fighting government or treacherous conditions, the men and women of both AIM and the Women’s Suffrage Movement continue to fight for what they deserve in our free country.
Even when AIM is not a prominent part of society anymore, Natives continue to fight for the rights they deserve to their land. In recent events, the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) will cut through sacred Sioux land, and all types of people are protesting for their land to remain unmarked. Notable celebrity and women's rights activist Shailene Woodley was arrested for protesting the DAPL (Woodley, 1) but continues to fight against the pipeline after her