Place:Wounded Knee, Shannon, South Dakota, United States

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NameWounded Knee
Alt namesBrennansource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS46008073
Cankpe Opisource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS46008073
TypeCensus-designated place
Coordinates43.144°N 102.368°W
Located inShannon, South Dakota, United States
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Wounded Knee is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 364 at the 2020 census.

The town is named for the Wounded Knee Creek which runs through the region. The bones and heart of the Sioux chief Crazy Horse were reputedly buried along this creek by his family following his death in 1877. The town lies within the Pine Ridge Reservation, territory of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux).

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