In June of 1876, the U.S. governmentOCOs plan to pressure the Lakota and Cheyenne people onto reservations came to a dramatic and violent end with a battle that would become enshrined in American memory. In the eyes of many Americans at the time, the Battle of Little Bighorn represented a symbolic struggle between the civilized and the savage. Known as the Battle of the Greasy Grass to the Lakota, the Battle of Little Bighorn to the people who suppressed them, and as CusterOCOs Last Stand in the annals of popular culture, the event continues to captivate students of American history.
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In June of 1876, the U.S. governmentOCOs plan to pressure the Lakota and Cheyenne people onto reservations came to a dramatic and violent end with ...