National Historic Landmark · Batesland, South Dakota

Wounded Knee Battlefield

A historic site near Batesland, South Dakota, built 1890. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

Wounded Knee Battlefield
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeSite
Address11 mi. W of Batesland, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Batesland vicinity, SD
CountyShannon County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000719
Built1890
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 sites

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

Where it is

Street11 mi. W of Batesland, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Coordinates43.14010, -102.36477 · Directions ↗

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Map

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Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

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.