Tribal Leaders Push Back on Pete Hegseth Decision on Wounded Knee Medals

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“Many of those killed were women and children trying to flee the onslaught of bullets from soldiers who had surrounded the camp”, https://19thnews.org/2025/09/wounded-knee-soldiers-medals-of-honor-hegseth/

“we’re making it clear that they deserve those medals […], we honor their service”, Pete Hegseth

Yeah, this is what you can expect from the ministry formerly known as defense

#Hegseth #woundedknee #woundedkneemassacre

Trash.
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/115268389298095536
[email protected] - Defense Secy #PeteHegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of *Honor* for their actions in 1890 at #WoundedKnee will keep their awards in a video posted to social media Thursday evening.

#WoundedKneeMassacre #NativeAmerican #Lakota #Sioux #SouthDakota #PineRidge #massacre #USArmy #WhiteSupremacy #genocide #EthnicCleansing
https://apnews.com/article/wounded-knee-hegseth-soldiers-medal-of-honor-0310c47952ad7aeabb176f94d8af4d52

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Defense Secy #PeteHegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of *Honor* for their actions in 1890 at #WoundedKnee will keep their awards in a video posted to social media Thursday evening. #WoundedKneeMassacre #NativeAmerican #Lakota #Sioux #SouthDakota #PineRidge #massacre #USArmy #WhiteSupremacy #genocide #EthnicCleansing https://apnews.com/article/wounded-knee-hegseth-soldiers-medal-of-honor-0310c47952ad7aeabb176f94d8af4d52

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The Douchebag of War posted this on twitter: "Under my direction, the soldiers who fought at the Battle of Wounded Knee will keep their medals. This decision is final. Their place in history is settled"

Iτ's τhe usual suspecτs doing whaτ τhe usual suspecτs do, I guess.😒Thaτ wasn'τ a 'baττle'. Iτ was a massacre. Watch the whole combo of clips below.

#NativeAmericans
#woundedkneemassacre #battleofwoundedknee #whitesupremacy
#Lakota

While the events of that day are sometimes described as a battle, historical records show that the #USArmy, which was in the midst of a campaign to *repress* the #tribes in the area, killed an estimated 250 #NativeAmericans, including #women & #children, of the #Lakota #Sioux tribe, while attempting to *disarm* #NativeAmerican fighters who had already surrendered at their camp.

#WoundedKneeMassacre #SouthDakota #PineRidge #massacre #WhiteSupremacy #genocide #EthnicCleansing

#Hegseth’s predecessor, General #LloydAustin, ordered the review of the awards in 2024 after a Congressional recommendation in the 2022 defense bill — itself a reflection of efforts by some lawmakers to rescind the awards for those who participated in the bloody #massacre on #SouthDakota’s #PineRidge #IndianReservation near #WoundedKnee Creek.

#WoundedKneeMassacre #NativeAmerican #Lakota #Sioux #massacre #USArmy #WhiteSupremacy #genocide #EthnicCleansing

Defense Secy #PeteHegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of *Honor* for their actions in 1890 at #WoundedKnee will keep their awards in a video posted to social media Thursday evening.

#WoundedKneeMassacre #NativeAmerican #Lakota #Sioux #SouthDakota #PineRidge #massacre #USArmy #WhiteSupremacy #genocide #EthnicCleansing
https://apnews.com/article/wounded-knee-hegseth-soldiers-medal-of-honor-0310c47952ad7aeabb176f94d8af4d52

Pete Hegseth says Wounded Knee soldiers to keep Medals of Honor

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. He announced it in a video posted to social media Thursday evening. Hegseth’s predecessor, Lloyd Austin, ordered the review of the awards in 2024 after a Congressional recommendation in the 2022 defense bill. This was itself a reflection of efforts by some lawmakers to rescind the awards for those who participated in the bloody massacre on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near Wounded Knee Creek.

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Remembering the Lakota massacred at Wounded Knee.

A Prayer to Wounded Knee.

#Lakota #WoundedKnee #WoundedKneeMassacre #Indigenous  #massacre #USmassacre #USHistory #OTD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKA4DreEgkw

A Prayer to Wounded Knee

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Lakota Human Remains Stolen from US Army Massacre Hoarded by Private Museum

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Lakota Human Remains Stolen from US Army Massacre Hoarded by Private Museum

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