US EditionNative Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals
The Department of Defense upheld the medals despite decades of Native opposition and historical consensus that Wounded Knee was a massacre, not a battle.
- On Thursday, Secretary Pete Hegseth said he followed a review panel's study completed last year and the Department of Defense will retain the Medals of Honor tied to Wounded Knee.
- Long ago, on December 29, 1890, the Wounded Knee Massacre left more than 300 Lakota killed or wounded and at least 230 dead, with historians and Congress expressing regret in Concurrent Resolution 153 .
- The group demanded that the Department of Defense release the review's findings, which Larry Wright Jr. said `undermines truth-telling, reconciliation, and the healing that Indian Country and the United States still need.`
- Defending the decision, Hegseth criticized his predecessor as more focused on being `politically correct than historically correct` while concluding the review Lloyd Austin ordered but left unfinished.
- Looking beyond the immediate decision, the National Congress of American Indians warned preserving these medals `perpetuates the injustice and deepens the pain` felt by Lakota Nations and Tribal communities, while advocates say honoring Wounded Knee actions contradicts Medal of Honor values.
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The massacre of the Lakota Sioux near Wounded Knee is one of the darkest chapters of US history. Nevertheless, the US Secretary of Defense wants the soldiers involved to retain an honour that they once had been awarded.
Pentagon under fire for upholding medals linked to war crimes against Native Americans
WASHINGTON, Sept 28 — The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to US soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.“Celebrating war crimes is not patriotic. This decision undermines truth-telling, reconciliation, and the healing that Indian Country and the United States still need,” Larry Wright Jr., th…
Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals - West Hawaii Today
The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to U.S. soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.
The National Congress of Native Americans condemned today the Pentagon's decision not to revoke honors awarded to soldiers at the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890.
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