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

Name	Date	Location	War	Campaign	Dead	Belligerents
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

• History of South Dakota
• Plains Indians Wars