Word: kneeing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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FROM the start, the confrontation at Wounded Knee, S. Dak., between militant Indians and local, state and federal authorities had all the elements of bad theater. The Indians insisted on outmoded makeup (war paint) and melodramatic lines ("Massacre us or meet our human needs"). The Federal Government brought in outrageous props, including war planes. There were too many theatrical asides aimed at the TV cameras and too many studied parallels to the Viet Nam War, including a "demilitarized zone" and "ceasefire observers." Finally there was the self-conscious symbolism of the choice of the site itself, the mass burial ground...
Despite the shooting of an FBI agent Sunday, Wounded Knee has remained quiet this week. A raging blizzard on Tuesday helped create the low-key atmosphere, halting not only any FBI plans to storm the embattled village, but the negotiations as well...
...this point, a forceable end to the siege of Wounded Knee is unlikely. Life in the village has settled down to an almost idyllic pace, and AIM has even started construction of a "dormitory" in the captured trading post...
...seems to be headed for a long stay, and the government has even sanctioned the extended visit. Dr. John D. Asher '61, a doctor from Palo Alto Hospital in San Francisco, yesterday announced the organization of three medical relief teams which would provide indefinite medical care for the Wounded Knee community...
When Chief Negotiator Harlington Wood returns today from top-level meetings in Washington, he may bring back a plan providing for a neutral meeting place. One hang-up in negotiations so far has been the Interior Department's refusal to negotiate in the "armed situation" that exists at Wounded Knee...