The “brutal, cold-blooded massacre” of the Indigenous Lakota Sioux people of the Great Plains, which occurred 134 years ago on Sunday, has come under more attention from the U.S. administration in recent months.
On December 29, 1890, the 7th Cavalry massacred hundreds of Lakota, including women and children, in the snow near Wounded Knee Creek.
Maj. Gen. Nelson Miles, who assumed command of the 7th Cavalry after the revelation of the noncombatant killings,
Remarked in a private letter, “I have never heard of a more brutal, cold-blooded massacre than that at Wounded Knee.”
As the military continues to admit that racism may have played a role in its history and that not all of its awards satisfy current standards of heroism, the Pentagon stated earlier.
