Battle of the Little Bighorn

The Battle of the Little Bighorn —also known as Custer's Last Stand and, in the parlance of the Native Americans involved, the Battle of Greasy Grass Creek—was an armed engagement between a Lakota–Northern Cheyenne combined force and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. It occurred on June 25 and June 26, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in the eastern...

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  • Jun 25, 1876

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  • Jun 26, 1876

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  • Battle of Little Bighorn,
  • Battle of Little Big Horn

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Great Sioux War of 1876-77

The Great Sioux War of 1876-77 (also known as the Black Hills War) was a series of battles and negotiations between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and the United States between 1876 and 1877. By the late-18th century, the growing Lakota tribe had begun expanding its territory west of the Missouri...

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