1. United States
2. Neb.
3. Letter

The Senate Armed Services Committee was right to demand the full, unredacted report from the Wounded Knee Medal of Honor review, and I want you to use your influence to make sure that report is delivered by the February 1 deadline and that revocation stays on the table. Pete Hegseth's decision to call the 1890 massacre a "battle" and declare the medals final is not the end of this — it's a reason to push harder. On December 29, 1890, soldiers of the 7th Cavalry killed more than 200 Lakota people, including women and children. Thirty of the Army's own casualties came from friendly fire. Congress expressed "deep regret" in 1990 and did nothing else. The Biden-era review panel's findings were never published, and an Interior-appointed panelist said the panel looked too narrowly at individual war crimes rather than whether the massacre itself ever warranted medals at all. That is a process failure, not a conclusion. Descendants like Violet Catches, Marlis Afraid of Hawk, OJ Semans, and Wendell William Yellow Bull are still fighting for this. The FY2027 NDAA provision is a real opening. Push for full transparency on the panel's findings, and use that report to build the case for revocation through legislation or presidential action.