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Long Beach students return from Wounded Knee siege
Merle Wells and Gerald Lewis, Long Beach State University students, recount their week at Wounded Knee. They describe a guarded, tense camp with armed leaders, a calm yet defiant mood among Indians, and a demand for broken treaties to be addressed. They helped guard a foxhole while learning AIM goals and facing nightly firing exchanges.
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