Word: tribalization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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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...
Wilson, who AIM has demanded be replaced, resented the NCC's lack of communication with the Tribal Council. Ranck admitted last week that the NCC's board had not considered asking the Tribal Council's permission to enter the negotiations...
Wilson's dislike of the NCC and the Lutheran Church has little to do with theology. AIM has demanded Wilson's ouster, and Wilson thinks the NCC supports the militant group. The Tribal Council president is fighting for his political life, and he does not take a favorable view of Adams's close communications with AIM leaders...
Although many of the young supporters of AIM resented the presence of the press, the AIM leaders realized that the press was contributing to their hold on the besieged hamlet. Richard Wilson, the Tribal Council president whom AIM would like to oust, also realized the press's effect, and rammed a resolution through the Tribal Council that bars all non-residents from the reservation...
...with the formation of the American Indian Movement (AIM), and a resurgance of interest in resurrecting Indian life and culture (see page 8). This apparent contradiction is only one of many in the Wounded Knee incident. Many observers claim that AIM's demand that the United States replace Oglala Tribal Council President Richard Wilson means that the government would once again interfere with Indian self-government...