News

SD Congressman Dusty Johnson Critical of the President Over Wounded Knee Tweet

SD Congressman Dusty Johnson Critical of the President Over Wounded Knee Tweet

Congressman Dusty Johnson Photo: WNAX


In a recent Tweet critical of Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, President Trump made a reference to Wounded Knee, one of the worst massacres in US history, where hundreds of native men, women and children were killed by US Army troops.
South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says it was a poor choice by the President..

Johnson says the South Dakota delegation has worked to reach out to state tribes..

Johnson says it would be useful if the President visited a reservation to learn some history for himself…

The massacre at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation took place on December 29th, 1890.

Recent Headlines

3 weeks ago in Local

WHAT DOES MARIJUANA RECLASSIFICATION MEAN FOR SOUTH DAKOTA?

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – President Trump’s executive order to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule 1 to a…

3 weeks ago in Local

GOVERNOR RHODEN ANNOUNCES $200,000 GRANT SUPPORTING KEEP FARMERS FARMING PROGRAM

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – On Monday, Governor Rhoden announced a $200,000 grant from the Future Fund for…

3 weeks ago in Local

ICE’S YEAR IN SOUTH DAKOTA, FROM SMALL TOWNS TO OPERATION: PRAIRIE THUNDER

SOUTH DAKOTA (Molly Wetsch / South Dakota News Watch) – Five months after Operation: Prairie Thunder officially began, the South Dakota…

4 weeks ago in Local

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ECONOMIST SAYS FARM ECONOMY HAS HELD BACK SALES TAX REVENUES

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Joshua Haiar / South Dakota Searchlight) – South Dakota’s State Economist Derek Johnson told the state Banking…

4 weeks ago in Local

STATE SPENDS $43,000 IN TROOPER OVERTIME FOR OPERATION PRAIRIE THUNDER

PIERRE, S.D. (John Hult / South Dakota Searchlight) – The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a saturation patrol…