Jan 2, 2010

Salem on History | Battle of the Little Bighorn

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Series: American Indians Ready Reference
Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Native Americans, American Indians
Curriculum: American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American Indian History
Geographical Location: Montana
Date: June 25-26, 1876

Article abstract: The stunning defeat of the Seventh Cavalry unleashed relentless pursuit of the victorious Indians, culminating in their surrender, their exile to reservation life, and the end of traditional Plains culture.

The Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) guaranteed the Sioux a permanent reservation that encompassed all of present South Dakota west of the Missouri River and from which encroaching white settlers were forbidden. The Sioux were also guaranteed the right to hunt in a larger unceded territory, also closed to whites. About three thousand...

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Salem on History | Battle of the Little Bighorn

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