D efense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday that the soldiers who massacred as many as 300 mostly unarmed members of a band of the Lakota people at Wounded Knee Creek in 1890 would keep ...

The Oglala Sioux Tribe has condemned U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement that Military Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers of the Wounded Knee Massacre will not be revoked.

A man who served on the panel that reviewed medals awarded for the Wounded Knee Massacre said a majority of the members ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has dashed the hopes of Native American communities that long sought the removal of military ...

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 soldiers who received the ...

On Dec. 29, 1890, U.S. troops killed an estimated 300 Lakota Sioux members, including women and children, near Wounded Knee ...

The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council has set up a way for those who want to conduct missionary work on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. On Tuesday, the council announced they passed an ordinance ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Two people with imperfect histories will be allowed to serve as South Dakota law enforcement officers. Patrick Iyotte is on temporary status as a deputy sheriff in Todd County, ...

Ashaun Roach-Valandra, Sisseton Wahpeton Law Enforcement Services; Akia Winters, Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety; and Michelle Casiano, Sisseton Wahpeton Law Enforcement Services, are ...

The issue stems from new legislation meant to punish "riot boosting." Leaders of the Oglala Sioux Tribe have told South Dakota’s governor that she is no longer welcome to visit their land after ...

Obverse Image: A Code Talker with a stylized eagle in the background. Obverse Text: OGLALA / LAKOTA AKICITA IYESKA WICASA [Indian soldier translator man] Reverse Image: A variation of the Oglala Sioux ...