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 ...

Sunday marked 134 years since a "brutal, cold-blooded massacre" of the Indigenous Lakota Sioux people of the Great Plains, a tragedy that drew more scrutiny from the U.S. government in recent months.

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has launched a review that could revoke 20 Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers involved in the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, marking the military’s latest effort to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The open grave of the innocent Lakota who died at the 1890 massacre. (Photo/file) Department of War Pete Hegseth used social media ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparked fury on social media after he announced a final decision on recognizing a slate of soldiers. In a video post on X on Thursday, Hegseth announced that 20 soldiers ...

Roderick Dupris, descendant of a Lakota killed at Wounded Knee, speaks to Brad Upton, left, descendant of the commander of the Wounded Knee massacre, during a meeting on the Cheyenne River reservation ...