Siege at Wounded Knee and Alcatraz-Red
Power Movement
Today in class you will be answering the following questions regarding the Native
American siege at Wounded Knee and also the occupation of Alcatraz and the Red
Power Movement. The following websites you will be using are as follows. For
the Native American Siege at Wounded Knee
http://www.essortment.com/all/siegewoundedkn_rmpq.htm . Occupation of
Alcatraz and Red Power Movement http://journals.aol.com/josiesrainbow/agypsys-wondering-mind/entries/2007/02/14/alcatraz-is-not-an-island/430 .
Answer the following questions in your notebooks.
Siege at Wounded Knee
1. What issues were the Native Americans dealing with daily?
2. What came out of this meeting and who were some of the leaders?
3. How long would the conflict last?
4. What began to brew amongst the Ogallala people? Why?
5. What was a major problem on the Pine Ridge Reservation that was causing birth defects?
6. What were the demands of the AIM warriors?
7. Which AIM warriors were killed?
8. During the years following Wounded Knee how many arrests were made? How many were
actually convicted crimes?
Occupation of Alcatraz and Red Power Movement
1. What was the takeover of Alcatraz?
2. What did the occupation succeed in doing?
3. What was AIM’s first protest action?
4. What did the Alcatraz-Red Power Movement demand from the government?
5. What happened in November of 1972? What solution was reached?
6. What was the longest walk?
7. What caused the Alcatraz-Red Power Movement to decline?
8. What did the Red Power Movement accomplish?