Wounded Knee Creek
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Wounded Knee Creek is a tributary of the White River, approximately 100 miles (160 km) long,<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 30, 2011</ref> in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota in the United States. Its Lakota name is Template:Lang.
The creek's name recalls an incident when a Native American sustained an injury to his knee during a fight.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The creek rises in the southwestern corner of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, along the state line with Nebraska, and flows northwest. It borders the site of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre, in which United States Army troops from the 7th Cavalry Regiment massacred approximately 300 Lakota people, most of whom were unarmed women and children.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Towns in this region include Wounded Knee and Manderson. The Wounded Knee Creek flows NNW across the reservation and joins the White south of Badlands National Park.