This Day in History. On Dec. 29, 1890, one of the darkest chapters in United States history unfolded on the frozen plains of South Dakota, when U.S. Army troops killed hundreds of Lakota men, women ...

Opinion. Today, we remember the one hundred and thirty-three winters ago, on December 29, 1890, when innocent Lakota men, women, and children were massacred by the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment near ...

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 ...

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.

On Dec. 29, 1890, the Lakota people began a religious ritual called the Ghost Dance that Congress had outlawed. The cavalry opened fire, killing as many as 300 people. In 1990, Congress passed a ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 19 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their ...

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 19 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards in ...

Correction: The Associated Press erroneously reported that there were 20 soldiers. The correct number is 19. Washington – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 19 ...