The United States Army at the time perceived it as a threat to the peace, and it was called” The Ghost Dance.”
Around 1, 500 Lakota warriors had gathered at Crippled Knee Creek to dance and perform. The party was well-liked on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The Army believed that the Ghost Dance was a tradition that would elicit the return of the buffalo. In reality, Native Americans believed that white colonists would vanish and that their ancestors did lead them to prosperous hunting grounds. A young believed that dancing may stop white growth.
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According to the Dawes Act, which divided South Dakota into five misgivings, the 7th Infantry attempted to relocate the Lakotan tribesmen to another appointment on December 29, 1890. The female warriors were informed that their spirit dance shirts were armored by one of the Lakota medicine men. A weapon inadvertently discharged, and soldiers opened fire as they tried to subdue the tribesmen.
About 300 African Americans were killed, including men, women, and children. As a result of that actions, 20 people of the U. S. 7th Infantry received the Medal of Honor.
Congress expressed regret for the 1990 murder, but it steadfastly rejected the trophies. After discussion with the White House and the Department of the Interior, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has now instructed a special panel of experts to examine the circumstances that led to the granting of the Medals of Honor.
In the defence costs for 2022, Congress suggested this.
20 men from the 7th Infantry Regiment received Medals of Honor, and their prizes include a variety of activities, including courage, attempts to rescue other soldiers, and actions to “dislodge Sioux Indians” who were concealed in a valley.
A number of Congress users, advocates for Native Americans, state legislators from South Dakota, and officials have urged them to withdraw the awards. The heirs of those killed at Crippled Knee received an apology from Congress in 1990, but they did not withdraw the awards.
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” It’s never too late to do what’s correct”, an unknown senior security official said in a statement Wednesday. And that’s what the minister directed, which is to make sure we go back and review each of these awards in a thorough and specialized manner.
Interesting, Austin suggests that the review committee’s experts look at the affair from both the perception of 1890 and 2024.
The board reviewing the Medals of Honor may include five experts, including two from the Department of the Interior, Austin’s memo says. By October 15th, the screen is anticipated to submit a report to Austin with recommendations for each victim, and Austin will then turn those recommendations over to President Joe Biden.
When reviewing the honours, participants will consider the environment at the time and use the government’s 1890 requirements for awarding the Medal of Honor, rather than tomorrow’s requirements.
Difficulty in the “battle” resulted in the injuries and deaths of dozens of soldiers who were shot and killed by pleasant fire as the untrained soldiers impromptu discharged their weapons.  ,
The destruction, according to Gen. Nelson Miles, was” the most horrific criminal government blunder and a hideous massacre of women and children.”
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A veteran of the slaughter, Black Elk, was interviewed in 1931.
Black Elk recalled that,” When I look up now from this great hill of my old age, I can still see the murdered women and children lying heaped and scattered all along the crooked valley as simple as when I saw them with eyes still younger.” And I can see that a different person was buried in the snowstorm and died there in the terrible mud. A people’s desire died it”.
The dream and countless others who did n’t serve it perished.
