The occupation of Wounded Knee has a symbolic meaning because a massacre against the indigenous people took place there and they occupied this place to mourn their community.
The event that occurred at Wounded Knee was a massacre that occurred on December 29, 1890. That day a US Cavalry regiment intercepted the indigenous people in this region and surrounded them to later kill them, leaving about 150 dead from the Lakota community.
In 1973, around 400 indigenous people visited the place to commemorate mourning for the victims of their community, being an activity of symbolic meaning. However, this mobilization was not authorized, so there were clashes and at least two indigenous deaths.
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