Wounded Knee Battlefield
United States historic place in Batesland, South Dakota. Built 1890. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Wounded Knee Battlefield was the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 in South Dakota, United States. An 870-acre (350 ha) area was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1965. Along with all other National Historic Landmarks, it was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places when that program was inaugurated in 1966, listed as "Wounded Knee Battlefield". A museum at the site interprets the massacre.
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The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | 11 mi. W of Batesland, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Batesland vicinity, SD |
| County | Shannon County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000719 |
| Built | 1890 |
| Type of place | archaeological site |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 sites |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 11 mi. W of Batesland, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Batesland, SD |
| Coordinates | 43.14010, -102.36477 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Badlands National Park · 38 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000719. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.