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3.) What tribes were involved and why were they at the Little Bighorn?
The Battle Of the Little Bighorn, known as the Lakota and other Plains indians as the
Battle of the Greasy Grass and also commonly referred to as Custer’s LaVideo: A Good Day to
Die
st Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern
Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. The
battle, which resulted in the defeat of U.S. forces, was the most significant action of the Great
Sioux War of 1876. It took place on June 25-26, 1876, along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow
Indian Reservation in Southeastern Montana Territory.
4) Why was the army out to get these Indians? (What tribes?)
In 1875, after gold was discovered in South Dakota’s Black Hills, the U.S. Army ignored
previous treaty agreements and invaded the region. This betrayal led many Sioux and
Cheyenne tribesmen to leave their reservations and join Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse in
Montana.
9) Find out:
Where does Sitting Bull go after the battle? What role is played by Crazy Horse?
On July 10, 1881, more than five years after the fateful battle at the Little Bighorn, the great
chief led 187 Indians from their Canadian refuge to the United States. After a period of
confinement, Sitting Bull was assigned to the Standing Rock reservation in South Dakota in
1883.
10) Find out what the “Custer Myth” was and why it was created?
The Custer Myth was partly created by the traits of the man himself, a soldier who lived the
legend. It was also the consequence of the real generals placing him in the position where he
could become one.