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 ...

The Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act - introduced by U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R - SD) and carried in the senate by U.S. senators Mike Rounds and John Thune – was signed into law in ...

Today marks the 135th Anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre. Tribal leaders have gathered for a ceremony at the Wounded ...

Tribal leaders in South Dakota say they plan to move forward with their push to have medals award to US Soldiers at the ...

Tribal and federal leaders have held a memorial service at the Wounded Knee massacre site to mark the 135th anniversary of the massacre itself.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Secretary of Defense, now called Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth announced on Facebook that 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their action in 1890 at Wounded ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — When the Rev. Ward Simpson heard that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth say the soldiers who fought at Wounded Knee would keep their medals, it caused a powerful reaction in him ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two American Indian tribes in South Dakota have joined forces to purchase 40 acres around the Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark, the site of one of the deadliest ...

This week marks the 135th Anniversary ot the Wounded Knee Massacre. On December 29th, 1890, more than 250 tribal men, ...

Leading Catholic officials in western South Dakota have issued a statement saying they “firmly reject” the secretary of defense’s recent affirmation of medals awarded for the 1890 Wounded Knee ...

"I don't know that the chapter has been closed on this yet," U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds told the Journal. A 2024 DOD report on the ...