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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ruled that U.S. Army soldiers who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their part in the Battle ...

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 ...

A wooden cross marks a grave at the Wounded Knee Memorial on the Pine Ridge Reservation. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Leading Catholic officials in western South Dakota have issued a ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ruled that U.S. Army soldiers who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their part in the Battle of Wounded Knee on December 29, 1890, will be allowed to keep them.

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 ...