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A South Dakota Catholic bishop and local Jesuit priests are criticizing U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for deciding that American soldiers who participated in the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, also known as the Wounded Knee Massacre of around 300 Lakota Native Americans, would retain their Medals of Honor.
Scott Bullock, the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City, released ajoint statement with several Jesuit leaders in the state reacting to Hegseth's Sept. 25 announcement on X that the American soldiers who took part in the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee would keep their medals.
"The facts of the tragedy at Wounded Knee Creek on December 29, 1890, are clear," the statement reads. "On that day, U.S. Army soldiers massacred nearly 300 Lakota women, children, and unarmed men. This was not a battle. To recognize these acts as honorable is to distort history itself."
In addition to Bullock, the letter's signatories included Rev. L. Ryen Dwyer of the De Smet Jesuit Community in West River, South Dakota, as well as two Jesuit pastors: Rev. Edmund Yainao of the St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud Reservation and Rev. Phillip Cooke of St. Isaac Jogues Parish in Rapid City.
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Scott Bullock, the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City, released ajoint statement with several Jesuit leaders in the state reacting to Hegseth's Sept. 25 announcement on X that the American soldiers who took part in the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee would keep their medals.
"The facts of the tragedy at Wounded Knee Creek on December 29, 1890, are clear," the statement reads. "On that day, U.S. Army soldiers massacred nearly 300 Lakota women, children, and unarmed men. This was not a battle. To recognize these acts as honorable is to distort history itself."
In addition to Bullock, the letter's signatories included Rev. L. Ryen Dwyer of the De Smet Jesuit Community in West River, South Dakota, as well as two Jesuit pastors: Rev. Edmund Yainao of the St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud Reservation and Rev. Phillip Cooke of St. Isaac Jogues Parish in Rapid City.
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South Dakota Catholic leaders speak out against Wounded Knee soldiers keeping their medals
A South Dakota Catholic bishop and local Jesuit priests are criticizing U S Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for deciding that American soldiers who participated in the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, also
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