Wounded Knee descendants vow to keep pressing for medal revocations as Senate committee seeks info

By: Joshua Haiar

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: June 17, 2026

Words: 1,703

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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For Violet Catches, the Defense Department’s decision not to rescind the Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers who were at the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre was a gut punch.

“I cried,” said Catches, a descendant of survivors and a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

Catches said one of her great-grandfathers was killed at the massacre and buried in the mass grave. Other relatives survived and shared stories of the carnage.

“This is not …

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