Lakota Woman

A story reflecting the awakening of a Native American female regarding the social injustice and inequalities which are summarily perpetrated against the indigenous peoples of the Americas who survived the the most extensive genocide every enacted in human history.This history and current social reality is significantly recalled and represented by her witnessing to the governmental and unchallenged social violence that occurred during her participation of the seize of Wounded Knee. A seize began on February 27, 1973, when Oglala and AIM activists controlled the town (a historical site of one the most vicious acts of inhumane violence) for 71 days