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BumRushDaShow

(160,709 posts) Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:05 PM 7 hrs ago

Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals

Source: Reuters

September 27, 2025 2:52 PM EDT Updated 4 hours ago

WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to U.S. soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.

"Celebrating war crimes is not patriotic. This decision undermines truth-telling, reconciliation, and the healing that Indian Country and the United States still need," Larry Wright Jr., the Congress' executive director, said in a statement.

The Battle of Wounded Knee, also known as the Wounded Knee Massacre, took place on Dec. 29, 1890, in South Dakota, when U.S. soldiers killed and wounded more than 300 Lakota Sioux men, women and children.

Lloyd Austin, who was the Biden administration's defense secretary, had ordered a review of the military honors but had not made a final decision before leaving office in January.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/native-americans-condemn-pentagon-move-preserve-wounded-knee-medals-2025-09-27/

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Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago OP

They will remember this next year when Sneederbunk 6 hrs ago #1

Secretary of War Hegseth will henceforth be known by his Native American name, generalbetrayus 6 hrs ago #2

They couldn't possibly take into consideration the wishes of the decendents of the murdered Bayard 6 hrs ago #3

As you can imagine, his big meeting next week of all the brass... underpants 6 hrs ago #4

The " battle" of Wounded Knee. thomski64 4 hrs ago #7

It's also a message to soldiers today about Hegseth's "warrior ethos" William Seger 5 hrs ago #5

I doubt that many of the descendants of soldiers who won the Medal of Honor for Jack Valentino 4 hrs ago #6

Sneederbunk

(16,825 posts)

1. They will remember this next year when

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:11 PM

6 hrs ago

they celebrate the 150th anniversary of the victory at Little Bighorn.

generalbetrayus

(1,235 posts)

2. Secretary of War Hegseth will henceforth be known by his Native American name,

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:18 PM

6 hrs ago

Drinks Too Much Firewater.

Bayard

(27,139 posts)

3. They couldn't possibly take into consideration the wishes of the decendents of the murdered

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:29 PM

6 hrs ago

underpants

(193,215 posts)

4. As you can imagine, his big meeting next week of all the brass...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:29 PM

6 hrs ago

takes up a lot of time so he has to prepare. That includes, as you can imagine, making sure the 7th Cav scouts who murdered women and children are defended.

JMFC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre

thomski64

(750 posts)

7. The " battle" of Wounded Knee.

Reply to underpants (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 10:34 PM

4 hrs ago

Are there medals for battle of Kent State too??

William Seger

(11,834 posts)

5. It's also a message to soldiers today about Hegseth's "warrior ethos"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 09:40 PM

5 hrs ago

"When you're ordered to kill anyone, just do it -- you'll be a hero."

Jack Valentino

(3,369 posts)

6. I doubt that many of the descendants of soldiers who won the Medal of Honor for

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 10:15 PM

4 hrs ago

slaughtering women and children at Wounded Knee feel too much pride or spend much time bragging about it.... or would be very offended if the government took back the awards.

This is almost on the same base level as if Hitler had won the war,
and hence gave out medals to the guards at the death camps....

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