Wounded Knee Massacre ‘Tarnishes’ Integrity of Medal of Honor
After soldiers killed women and children at the end of the Indian Wars, the soldiers received the military’s highest award.
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DonateGabriel Pietrorazio is a national-award-winning journalist who covers Indigenous affairs, food and agriculture, and politics, as well as crime and justice. He earned a master’s degree from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2021.
After soldiers killed women and children at the end of the Indian Wars, the soldiers received the military’s highest award.