Tensions that had been smoldering on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota flared up 50 years ago Monday, when activists from the American Indian Movement took over the town of Wounded Knee.

An effort to push the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act through Congress failed in November after one senator opposed the bill.

This is the story of the Warriors of Wounded Knee, 1973. (gentle music) - [Narrator] There's a place where we won't be alone if we go, and that place is Wounded Knee.

Flakes of ceremonial tobacco fluttered from outstretched hands Tuesday morning as a frigid wind whispered over Wounded Knee, an echo of that day 125 years ago.

“After we left Wounded Knee, it became paramount that protecting Mother Earth was our foremost issue,” he said. “Since that period of time, we’ve learned that we’ve got to teach our kids ...

Tensions were already high on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota when activists from the American Indian Movement took over the town of Wounded Knee 50 years ago this week.