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Steve Newcomb has spent much of his career studying the Doctrine of Discovery, a series of 15th century papal decrees which empowered Europeans to colonize non-Christian lands in the Americas and beyond. He wants it revoked.
For two months in 1973, Wounded Knee, in the Pine Ridge reservation, was occupied by members of the American Indian Movement. Leaders of the siege declared the territory an independent Oglala Nation. Members of AIM set up barricades in opposition to racism, corruption, and the policies of then-tribal president Dick Wilson.
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