A decision to let stand the Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers who fought at Wounded Knee more than a century ago has reopened old wounds and reignited deep divides among descendants over how this ...

On Dec. 29, 1890, hundreds of Lakota Sioux men, women and children were killed by U.S. Army troops on the Pine Ridge Reservation in what is known... On Dec. 29, 1890, hundreds of Lakota Sioux men, ...

"Published on the 125th anniversary of this controversial event, Surviving Wounded Knee examines the Lakota survivors' half-century pursuit of justice and points to lingering questions about the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday evening that soldiers who participated in the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee will keep their Medals of Honor. “Under my direction, we’re making it clear, ...

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 ...

Soldiers posing over mass grave, rifles in hand, on January 1, 1891, four days after the massacre. War Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that 20 US soldiers who took part in the 1890 massacre of ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday that American soldiers honored after their actions in 1890 near Wounded Knee should be recognized as heroes and keep their Medals of Honor, a ...