Review of the Wounded Knee Medals of Honor

Hegseth’s predecessor, Lloyd Austin, ordered the review of the awards in 2024

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards

After the fighting, Medals of Honor were given to 20 soldiers from the 7th Cavalry Regiment, and their awards cite a range of actions including bravery, efforts to rescue fellow troops and actions to “dislodge Sioux Indians” who were concealed in a ravine.

their awards cite a range of actions including bravery, efforts to rescue fellow troops and actions to “dislodge Sioux Indians” who were concealed in a ravine

with their coat of arms still featuring the head of a Native American chief to “commemorate Indian campaigns,” according to the military’s Institute of Heraldry

after a Congressional recommendation in the 2022 defense bill

an official from the defense secretary’s office couldn’t say if the report he was referencing in the video would be made public

Women and children were chased down and shot in the back.

Secretary Pete Hegseth made this decision on his own concurrence with no contact or request for consultation to the Tribes.

The Wounded Knee Massacre was an unprovoked attack on men, women, children and elders who had been rounded up by the military.

NCAI calls on Congress to honestly and accurately preserve American history through passing the “Remove the Stain Act”