Photographs of the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota

Photographs created by Owen Luck of individuals and events surrounding the armed occupation by Oglala Dakota Indians, American Indian Movement, and their allies of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation, South Dakota, 1973. Images document ceremonies and gatherings, men holding rifles and manning roadblocks, the arrival of negotiators from the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America and the federal government, and government military forces. Other images shows a group in the doorway of the courthouse during the arraignment of prisoners and Tom Bad Cobb in the street outside the jail, both in Rapid City, South Dakota

Identified individuals include Ralph Abernathy, Tom Bad Cobb, Dennis Banks, Edgar Bear Runner, Clyde Bellecourt, Vernon Bellecourt, Pedro Bisonette, Wallace Black Elk, Leonard Crow Dog, Frank Fools Crow, Robert Free, Russell Means, Sid Mills, and Nellie Red Owl