WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — A bill to preserve the site of the Wounded Knee massacre — one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history — cleared the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.
The Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, introduced Congressman Dusty Johnson in May, passed the House by voice vote.
The Senate is considering companion legislation.
More than 200 Native Americans — including children and elderly people — were killed at Wounded Knee in 1890.
The bloodshed marked a seminal moment in the frontier battles the U.S. Army waged against tribes.
