WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) — A terrible stain on our history is under review.
The Defense Department will review the Medals of Honor that were given to 20 U.S. soldiers for their actions in the 1890 battle at Wounded Knee to make sure their conduct merits such an honorable award.
An estimated 250 Native Americans, including women and children, were killed in the fight and at least another 100 were wounded.
Native American groups, advocates, state lawmakers from South Dakota and a number of Congress members have called for officials to revoke the awards.
Congress apologized in 1990 to the descendants of those killed at Wounded Knee but did not revoke the medals.
