Years after Wounded Knee trials, a judge reflects
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — It's been more than 37 years since the federal trials of protesters who took over the Wounded Knee massacre site in South Dakota, and the Nebraska-based federal judge who presided remembers his efforts to respect the Native Americans and their traditions.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — It's been more than 37 years since the federal trials of protesters who took over the Wounded Knee massacre site in South Dakota, and the Nebraska-based federal judge who presided remembers his efforts to respect the Native Americans and their traditions.
U.S. District Judge Warren Urbom last week talked to students involved in a leadership project called the Native Sovereignty Youth Project.
The Lincoln Journal Star says Urbom talked about the 1890 massacre and the 1973 standoff at the site between American Indian Movement protesters and federal officials.
The trials of about 150 activists were consolidated, with Urbom overseeing all of them.
Urbom says he tried to respect the activists, even letting many be sworn in using a medicine pipe rather than a Bible.
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