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...presence of the NCC quickly became a sore point at Pine Ridge. Richard Wilson, Oglala Tribal Council President, grew hostile at the mention of Adams, and ultimately, the Council passed a resolution barring all non-residents from the reservation...
Although Adams remained close at hand, he no longer took an active part in the negotiations. Adams was not the first clergyman that Wilson forced from the reservation. Rev. Paul Boe, a Lutheran minister, left Pine Ridge during the third week of the occupation after Wilson allegedly threatened him with physical violence. Wilson denied Boe's charges...
Which is perhaps as it should be. Most of the American press, known more for its emphasis on entertainment than issues, lost interest in the real problems at this tiny hamlet after a few weeks at the desolate Pine Ridge reservation...
...Indians, the last hurrah came on this desolate reservation at a creek known as Wounded Knee. The Pine Ridge reservation was only a year old when the U.S. seventh cavalry, Custer's former outfit, slaughtered 200 Indian men, women, and children, in what came to be known as the last battle of the Indian wars...
...demands at Wounded Knee centered around these three agencies. The militants called for the ouster of Wilson, Pine Ridge BIA superintendent Stanley Lyman, and Aberdeen, S.D., area Interior supervisor Wyman Babby...