Chamberlain

Historical marker location:

335-347 N Courtland Street, Chamberlain, South Dakota

( Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street (State Highway 50) and Rodeo Avenue, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1956

1880.

South Dakota was the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre, a tragic event in which over 150 unarmed Native American men, women, and children were killed by U.S. troops in 1890. Today, the site is a National Historic Landmark.