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(160,912 posts) Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:05 PM Saturday

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 Saturday OP

They will remember this next year when Sneederbunk Saturday #1

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

don't do this WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #8

Oh, I know, it's tasteless and racist, but I just couldn't resist in the moment. generalbetrayus Sunday #9

Not only sarisataka Sunday #10

Great look, having someone brag that they can't resist being racist. WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #11

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

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

The " battle" of Wounded Knee. thomski64 Saturday #7

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

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

Sneederbunk

(16,849 posts)

1. They will remember this next year when

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:11 PM

Saturday

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

generalbetrayus

(1,244 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

Saturday

Drinks Too Much Firewater.

WhiskeyGrinder

(25,741 posts)

8. don't do this

Reply to generalbetrayus (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 09:10 AM

Sunday

generalbetrayus

(1,244 posts)

9. Oh, I know, it's tasteless and racist, but I just couldn't resist in the moment.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #8)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:37 PM

Sunday

sarisataka

(22,017 posts)

10. Not only

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #8)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:52 PM

Sunday

Do we do this
We tolerate it

WhiskeyGrinder

(25,741 posts)

11. Great look, having someone brag that they can't resist being racist.

Reply to sarisataka (Reply #10)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:38 PM

Sunday

Bayard

(27,181 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

Saturday

underpants

(193,278 posts)

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

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Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:29 PM

Saturday

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

(762 posts)

7. The " battle" of Wounded Knee.

Reply to underpants (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 10:34 PM

Saturday

Are there medals for battle of Kent State too??

William Seger

(11,837 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

Saturday

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

Jack Valentino

(3,385 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

Saturday

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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