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In December of 1890, U.S. soldiers slaughtered hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children -- most of them unarmed -- during the Wounded Knee Massacre on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Yet, in the years following this unbelievable tragedy, 20 U.S. soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration, for their actions. Wounded Knee is the place symbolizing the genocidal history of brutality and repression Native peoples have suffered at the hands of the U.S. government. Tribes have long pushed for these shameful medals to be revoked, but while Congress did issue a formal apology to the descendants of the massacre in 1990, the medals were left in place and no reparations offered. The Remove the Stain Act would revoke the Medal of Honor from the soldiers who perpetrated the Wounded Knee massacre. To revoke the medals would be a vital step toward condemning the horrific atrocities committed on that day, and it’s critical to advancing healing and reconciliation for all Native communities impacted by the genocidal history of brutality and repression suffered at the hands of the U.S. government. Build support for this legislation by co-sponsoring immediately and working to pass it without any more delay!