List of battles fought in South Dakota

This is an incomplete list of military and other armed confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern US State of South Dakota since European contact. The region was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1535 to 1679, New France from 1679 to 1803, and part of the United States of America 1803–present.

The Plains Indian Wars directly affected the region during westward expansion. The Dakota War of 1862 (also known as the Sioux Uprising) involved eastern Dakota Native Americans, the armed conflicts of this war were fought in Minnesota, their former lands.

Battles

NameDateLocationWarCampaignDeadBelligerents
unnamed attack June 1, 1823 along the Missouri River Arikara War 12[1] Arikara vs Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers
unnamed action August 9, 1823 Arikara War c. 50[2] United States of America, Sioux, & Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers vs Arikara
Battle of Slim Buttes September 9–10, 1876 Great Sioux Reservation Great Sioux War of 1876 13 United States of America vs Lakota
Wounded Knee Massacre December 29, 1890 near Wounded Knee Creek, Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Ghost Dance War 328 United States of America vs Miniconjou Sioux & Hunkpapa Sioux
Drexel Mission Fight December 30, 1890 White Clay Creek, north of Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Ghost Dance War United States of America vs Lakota Sioux & Brulé Sioux

Notes

  1. ↑ An exact, reliable account has not been located. Further research is necessary.
  2. ↑ Further research is necessary.

See also

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