Hegseth's decision on Wounded Knee medals sparks outrage in Native American communities
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Va. (Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP)FILE - In full tribal regalia, Dewey Beard, left, and James Pipe-on-Head, survivors of the Wounded Knee massacre of 1890 in South Dakota, arrived in Washington on March 4, 1938, to testify in behalf of a bill to pay survivors of the event in which hundreds of Lakota people were killed by U.S. soldiers. They are greeted by John Collier, center, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. (AP Photo, File)FILE - The Sacred Heart Catholic Church is seen, March 27, 1973, at the site of the Wounded Knee massacre, on the Pine Ridge Reservation in Wounded Knee, S.D. (AP Photo, File)
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Va. (Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP)