Why did the Sioux select the village of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation for their dramatic standoff with U.S. Marshalls and FBI agents?
A) It had been the location of an important speech by Richard Nixon when he spoke in favor of Native American rights.
B) It had been the only location that AIM could utilize in order to get maximum coverage in the media.
C) It had been the site of a horrific massacre of the Sioux people at the hands of U.S. soldiers in 1890.
D) It had been the place where the Sioux signed their first treaty with the United States that led to establishment of the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Answer: C
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