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Wilms

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4. Bobby Onco, captured in iconic Wounded Knee photo, dies at 63

Reply to pipoman (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 12, 2014, 10:38 AM

Feb 2014

Robert Charles Onco, a Kiowa Indian from Oklahoma who was active in the American Indian Movement and its role in the 1973 siege at Wounded Knee, S.D., died last week of lung cancer. The Vietnam-era veteran and resident of the Shinnecock Indian Nation reservation in Southampton was 63.

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/bobby-onco-captured-in-iconic-wounded-knee-photo-dies-at-63-1.6964610

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Wounded Knee, 1890 – 1973 in photos (Graphic) [View all] OmahaBlueDog Feb 2014 OP

Having been a photo collector for 30 years pipoman Feb 2014 #1

Bobby Onco, captured in iconic Wounded Knee photo, dies at 63 Wilms Feb 2014 #4

I remember the 1973 standoff liberal N proud Feb 2014 #2

Thank you for posting. SamKnause Feb 2014 #3

It seems he was also illegally brought back from Canada when he was supposed to have IrishAyes Feb 2014 #7

I was extremely disappointed okasha Mar 2014 #10

Scrolling through the pictures..... AnneD Feb 2014 #5

I too remember the '73 "standoff"... mahannah Feb 2014 #6

Thanks to everyone for everything. Great OP and replies. IrishAyes Feb 2014 #8

Disturbing, to say the least. Aldo Leopold Feb 2014 #9

I loved Russell Means. I even joined AIM RebelOne Apr 2014 #11

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