WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that the soldiers awarded the Medal of Honor following the Battle of Wounded Knee will keep their medals. The Battle of Wounded Knee, also known as the ...

In 1890, the U.S. Army herded hundreds of Lakota Sioux Americans into a clearing near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, ordered them to hand over their weapons, and then opened fire, killing as many ...

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 ...

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, ...

Indigenous leaders on Tuesday called the move part of a culture war against racial and ethnic minorities and women's rights.