The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council will be asked to approve a search for the remains of a Black civil rights activist who ...

The Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, introduced by Republican U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota in May, passed the House by voice vote on Sept. 20. The Senate is ...

The two men were charged with leading the 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1973. With them are their attorneys, William Kunstler, second from left, and Mark Lane, right.

The remains and artifacts were stolen in the early 19th century by a traveling shoe salesman from a gravesite at Wounded Knee, a site where an estimated 300 Native Americans were killed in 1890.

Wounded Knee descendants plan ceremony to burn returned artifacts 'We don’t want these items to end up in a museum, ... South Dakota over 30 families descend from Spotted Elk.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to preserve the site of the Wounded Knee massacre — one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history — cleared the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month ...

A measure that would federally protect a South Dakota site where U.S. Army soldiers massacred hundreds of Native Americans in 1890 has been approved by the U.S. House.

FILE - Members of the American Indian Movement walk to the Wounded Knee Massacre Monument, Feb. 27, 2013 in Wounded Knee, S.D. A bill to preserve the site of the Wounded Knee massacre — one of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to preserve the site of the Wounded Knee massacre — one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history — cleared the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month ...