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Assignment: American Indian Experience We Shall Remain Film Worksheet
American Indian Experience
{Ethnic Studies 2570}
Summer 2023
We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee Viewing Guide
A. Why did AIM leaders, traditional Oglala leaders, and dissident Oglalas take on the U.S. government? What do they say was at stake?
B. What list of demands did the protesters give to FBI agent Joseph Trimbach? What was Trimbach's reaction?
C. Who ran the Oglala Sioux tribal government and how was this leader viewed by others?
D. What did traditional Oglala do to fight the corruption?
E. What was the FBI director's response to the hostage situation?
F. Why was AIM controversial? What high profile publicity had the group generated prior to 1973 and Pine Ridge?
G. After their failure to impeach Dick Wilson, Oglala dissidents sought AIM's help. What incident in nearby Custer caught their attention?
H. After exhausting all legal options to Dick Wilson's harassment, why did the dissidents turn to AIM? What was AIM's motto?
I. How did female Oglala leaders spark action on the decision to seize Wounded Knee? What did tribal elder Fools Crow tell the community?
J. How did the U.S. government respond to the protests? Who did the protesters demand to see?
K. Why was the White House distracted? How did this affect the negotiation process?
L. What military experience did the protesters have inside the village?
M. What treaty did Lakota chiefs sign in 1868? Was the treaty upheld by the U.S. government?
N. What happened at Wounded Knee in the winter of 1890 and how did the dissidents gain strength from its memory?
O. How did the dissidents use the media to protect and bolster their cause?
P. What was the nation's response to the standoff?
Q. After the Indian Wars, what U.S. strategy was used to assimilate Native children?
R. What constraints did the U.S. government place on the over 100,000 children sent to nearly 500 schools scattered across the U.S.?
S. What tactics did new U.S. government negotiator Kent Frizzell employ?
T. What event brought renewed attention to the standoff?
U. What event caused the end of the siege?
V. What was the "reign of terror" after the siege?