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Lawrence Lamont

Case from Wounded Knee, SD dated Apr 27, 1973

Victim Details

Lawrence Lamont

Male

Native American / American Indian

Wounded Knee

SD

1973-04-27

31

Lawrence

Lamont

07/11/2026

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In the spring of 1973, amid the tense occupation of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Lawrence Lamont, a 31-year-old Oglala Lakota man and a veteran of the Vietnam War, found himself in the midst of a historic struggle for Indigenous rights. The occupation, led by members of the American Indian Movement and Oglala residents, was a 71-day standoff with federal forces, a protest against the failure to honor treaties and against a corrupt tribal government. It was within this cauld ...
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  • https://www.npr.org/2023/02/27/1159630250/wounded-knee-occupation-50th-anniversary
  • Wounded Knee Occupation - Wikipedia
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    I recently came across an article about Lawrence "Buddy" Lamont and felt compelled to share my thoug... ...Read More
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    Did anyone else find the symbolism of Buddy Lamont’s funeral incredibly moving? It’s such a poig... ...Read More
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