in Buffalo Gap, SD , triggering events that lead to the takeover at Wounded Knee . Source: http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:2GwFzY3bsLIJ:www.sdpb.org/learning/Resources/NativeAm/TATTOO.pdf+%22January+27%22+%22south+dakota%22+history&hl=en On January 27 , 1973 , a Lakota man named Wesley Bad Heart Bull is murdered in Buffalo Gap, SD and the white suspect is only charged second-degree manslaughter . Protests in Custer,