Massacre of Wounded Knee

Historical marker location:

Wounded Knee, South Dakota

( Marker is on an unnamed extension off Big Foot Trail, 0.1 miles north of Big Foot Trail and Mouse Creek Road, in the median.)

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.