Ellen Moves Camp

Needing numbers and strength, Moves Camp and her peers joined forces with AIM members to protest Wilson as he became increasingly and openly opposed to both groups.

The leaders of Pine Ridge officially decided to team up with AIM members following an FBI raid on Calico Hall after they were given a false lead about weapons being stored there.

[2][4] At this event, Ellen Moves Camp and Gladys Bissonette compelled the Lakota citizens in attendance to step up and fight back against the mistreatment they were experiencing.

[3] It consisted of many Native Americans, namely members of AIM or those led by Oglala chiefs,[6] who met at Wounded Knee in protest of maltreatment at the hands of Dick Wilson.

Moves Camp also stayed an active part of the siege, greeting newcomers warmly in the midst of such uncertainty,[8] helping to deliver a baby, and driving a get-away car for longtime AIMs leader Dennis Banks.

The trial took nine months[11] as Means' and Banks' defense fought against allegations of criminal activity while simultaneously catching the public eye with the experience and maltreatment of the Native Americans.

Louis, or Louie, was the son of Ellen Moves Camp, and made claims that he had been a first-hand witness to them committing multiple alleged crimes despite him not being in town for most of them.

Recovered from this incident, Ellen Moves Camp later was cross examined where she denied seeing weapons in the village and stuck to her word that she had never noticed any even after being shown pictures.

[1] Ellen Moves Camp is seen to have had a significant impact in various spheres of activism: as a member of OSCRO, recruiting AIM, rallying at Calico Hall, and supporting the Wounded Knee Occupation.

[5][4] In addition to this, AIM and Moves Camp's contributions to the movement marked a rise in both attention to and progression of Indian activism and civil rights to a level higher than had been seen in previous years.

The role that Moves Camp played in the Wounded Knee Occupation and related activism efforts influenced the way that civil rights regarding Native Americans was viewed during this time of United States history.

Through these organisations as well as her service at the Wounded Knee Occupation, Ellen Moves Camp was able to influence the way that situations between the government and the Sioux played out and resolved.