Battle

Drexel Mission Fight

30 Dec 1890 · 43.03° N, 102.56° W

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When
30 Dec 1890
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
43.03° N, 102.56° W
Description
1890 armed confrontation between Lakota warriors and the United States Army

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Drexel Mission Fight

1890 armed confrontation

The Drexel Mission Fight was an armed confrontation between Lakota warriors and the United States Army that took place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota on December 30, 1890, the day after the Wounded Knee Massacre. The fight occurred on White Clay Creek approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of Pine Ridge where Lakota were purported to have burned the Catholic Mission.

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