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What happened at Wounded Knee? Massacre trends online as Pete Hegseth declares medals won’t be vacated

The Wounded Knee Massacre, also called the Battle of Wounded Knee, recently made it to the Twitter trends. The increased interest was a recent announcement from the U.S. Secretary of War, officially ...
Military Times

Wounded Knee medals decision sparks outrage in Native communities

The Wounded Knee Memorial for victims of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre stands on Feb. 7, 2012, on the Pine Ridge Reservation in Wounded Knee, South Dakota. (Rapid City Journal via AP) Native American ...
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What Happened During Wounded Knee? Hegseth Supports Soldiers Keeping Medals From Historic Massacre

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday evening that soldiers who fought in the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee will keep their Medals of Honor. In a video posted on X, Hegseth said, “This ...

Wounded Knee Massacre site protection bill passes Congress

The bill’s passage comes a little more than two months after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced his rejection ...
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Hegseth’s decision on Wounded Knee medals sparks outrage in Native American communities

Native American communities that had long wanted the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre had their hopes dashed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in ...