A Native American story says this creek got its name from an injury suffered by a Sioux warrior in a fight with the Crow

Wounded Knee Creek, located in South Dakota, is connected to a Native American tale. According to legend, it got its name from an incident where a Sioux warrior was injured in a skirmish with the Crow tribe. The warrior was said to have been hit in the knee, thus giving the creek its name.

However, Wounded Knee Creek is perhaps best known as the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, where US troops killed hundreds of Lakota Sioux people, marking a tragic chapter in the history of Native American and U.S. government relations.