Historical Marker
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Historical marker location:
Browns Valley, South Dakota
( Marker is on an unnamed road, 0.2 miles east of State Highway 10, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1960
Straight ahead 2ΒΌ miles.
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.