Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals 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.

www.reuters.com/world/us/nat... Whiskey Pete is a disgraceful Confederate traitor. Calling him a racist is far too kind. #blacksky #whiskeypete #woundedknee #captainjuneteenth #medalsofhonor #benedictdonald

September 26, 2025 Today Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that twenty men who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their participation in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre would keep their medals, despite more than ...

.. #Hegseth a political appointee whose tenure has been marked by incompetence would defend the awarding of those particular #MedalsofHonor as they were awarded to #coverup incompetence.. that led to the deaths of at least 230 peaceful #Lakotas
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