It's time for “Never again will your people see a ‘Congressional Medal of Honor for the slaughter of defenseless Indians." Please sign the petition if you haven’t already.
Twenty-three soldiers from the Seventh Calvary were later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for the slaughter of defenseless Indians at Wounded Knee. We are asking that these Medals of DIS Honor awarded to the members of the 7th Calvary of the United States Army for the murder of innocent women children and men on that terrible December morning be rescinded.
And as previously quoted, “As a candidate for the Presidency, you can help us correct this historic injustice by calling for these Medals to be rescinded.” Furthermore,
Remove the Stain': Wounded Knee descendants want massacre medals revoked
Monday, June 24, 2019
In 1990, Congress expressed "deep regret" to the Wounded Knee descendants for the massacre of their ancestors and relatives a century prior. S.Con.Res.135 passed the House and the Senate in October of that year.
The symbolic resolution reads: "Congress, on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre of December 29, 1890, hereby acknowledges the historical significance of this event as the last armed conflict of the Indian wars period resulting in the tragic death and injury of approximately 350-375 Indian men, women, and children of Chief Big Foot's band of Minneconjou Sioux and hereby expresses its deep regret on behalf of the United States to the descendants of the victims and survivors and their respective tribal communities."
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"But Wounded Knee is also something that he has clearly missed -- it is a reminder that we are still here," Frazier wrote in reference to Trump. "Just as the Takini (survivors) of Wounded Knee did, we continue to fight for our inherit right to live in a world that has rapidly forgotten what it means to be human."
Perhaps we can remember what being human means before the Climate Emergency affects everyone in the worst way, exclaiming "Never again." Perhaps not.