This Day in History. On Dec. 29, 1890, one of the darkest chapters in United States history unfolded on the frozen plains of ...

Opinion. Today, we remember the one hundred and thirty-three winters ago, on December 29, 1890, when innocent Lakota men, women, and children were massacred by the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment near ...

Today marks the 135th Anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre. Tribal leaders have gathered for a ceremony at the Wounded ...

More than 100 years ago, it was known as the Battle of Wounded Knee. Today, battle is rarely used as historical records, ...

On Dec. 29, 1890, nearly 300 Lakota men, women and children were killed in the Wounded Knee Massacre. This remains one of the ...

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has launched a review that could revoke 20 Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers involved in the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, marking the military’s latest effort to ...

On Dec. 29, 1890, the Lakota people began a religious ritual called the Ghost Dance that Congress had outlawed. The cavalry ...

In 1890, the U.S. Army herded hundreds of Lakota Sioux Americans into a clearing near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, ordered them to hand over their weapons, and then opened fire, killing as many ...

Opposition in the Senate kept the bill from becoming law last year. The House approved legislation Wednesday that would facilitate a memorial for the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre. Lawmakers advanced H.R ...

Tribal and federal leaders have held a memorial service at the Wounded Knee massacre site to mark the 135th anniversary of ...

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 ...