The National Congress of American Indians has been pushing for the medals to be revoked for years.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., introduced legislation on Wednesday moving to rescind 20 Medals of Honor awarded to U.S. soldiers who murdered hundreds of Lakota Indians in the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890.
It's the Senate-side version of a bill introduced in the House this June, among others, by Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., one of the first Native American women to serve in Congress. She's endorsed Warren and recently was named as one of her three female campaign co-chairs. Warren first committed to the bill in August.
The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest military honor, awarded for"gallantry beyond the call of duty." Native American activists have long urged the medals to be withdrawn, calling them"medals of dishonor." The National Congress of American Indians has been pushing for the medals to be revoked for years, in 2001 passing resolutions condemning the awards and in 2007 requesting Congress rescind or make the medals null and void.
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