Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A monument honoring victims of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre stands near the massacre's mass grave site on June 30, 2024.

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. (KELO) – A South Dakota lawmaker and member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe shared critical comments after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday he has decided that the 19 ...

(CNN) — Survivors recalled arriving at the Wounded Knee camp three days after the fighting, finding a blizzard had buried the frozen bodies of Lakota men, women, children and infants in snow. They ...

A South Dakota Catholic bishop and local Jesuit priests are criticizing U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for deciding that American soldiers who participated in the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, also ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) — Tribal and federal leaders held a memorial service at the Wounded Knee Massacre site to mark the 135th anniversary. This year’s event marked a significant breakthrough for ...

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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection includes 37 color negatives (35mm) made by Peter Davis during the Wounded Knee Occupation on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South ...

This month marks the 135th anniversary of an iconic event in American history: the massacre at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Sometimes called the end of the “Indian ...

David Treuer is Ojibwe from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. The author of four previous novels, most recently Prudence, and two books of nonfiction, he has also written for The New ...