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Help from the Outside
Help came to the people inside Wounded Knee from many places. One was Rapid City, where people were organized to hike food into Wounded Knee. Rapid City became the center of the Wounded Knee relief effort.
Another form of help came in the from of an airlift. Bill Zimmerman led a small group of men who parachuted bags of food to the people of Wounded Knee, who needed it desperately.
Without the help from the outside Wounded Knee II could have ended when supplies ran out for those inside.