Little Big Horn Remembered; The Untold Story of Custer's Last Stand

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On the morning of June 25, 1876, soldiers of the elite U.S. Seventh Cavalry led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer attacked a large Indian encampment on the banks of the Little Bighorn River. By day's end, Custer and more than two hundred of his men lay dead. It was a shocking defeat - or magnificent victory, depending on your point of view - and more than a century later it is still the object of controversy, debate, and fascination.. "What really happened on that fateful day? Now, thanks to the work ...
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On the morning of June 25, 1876, soldiers of the elite U.S. Seventh Cavalry led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer attacked a large Indian encampment on the banks of the Little Bighorn River. By day's end, Custer and more than two hundred of his men lay dead. It was a shocking defeat - or magnificent victory, depending on your point of view - and more than a century later it is still the object of controversy, debate, and fascination.. "What really happened on that fateful day? Now, thanks to the work of Herman J. Viola, Curator Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution, we are much closer to answering that question. Dr. Viola, a leader in the preservation of Native American culture and history, has collected here dozens of dramatic, never-before-published accounts by Indians who participated in the battle - accounts that have been handed down to the present day, often secretly and accompanied by oaths of silence, from one generation to the next. These remarkable eyewitness recollections provide a direct link to that day's events; together they constitute an unprecedented oral history of the battle from the Native American point of view and the most comprehensive eyewitness description of Little Bighorn we have ever had.
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Library Journal
One of those events familiar to even the historically unaware or uninterested, Custer's Last Stand (or the Battle of Little Bighorn) has suffered the unfortunate fate of becoming a cultural icon, to be repackaged to fit different historians' ideologies. The last large-scale pitched battle between Indians and soldiers, it was a dramatic defeat for the U.S. military and yet the beginning of the end for the victorious Plains Indians. The picture is more complicated, though, as several Indian tribes served as scouts for Custer. Viola, curator emeritus at the Smithsonian and a frequent writer on Indian subjects, creates an interesting overview by collecting accounts of the battle by descendants of Indians who fought on both sides. Lavishly illustrated with period photographs, maps, and color drawings by witnesses as well as photographs of descendants, this recalling of the battle, supplemented by new archaeological research, should be popular with many readers. Recommended for larger public and academic libraries. (Photos not seen.)--Charles V. Cowling, Drake Memorial Lib., Brockport, NY Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
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In this beautifully illustrated volume, Viola (Curator Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution and former director of the National Anthropological Archives) answers many lingering questions about the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 by publishing the oral histories previously shared only among tribe members, especially the Cheyenne. He also presents 40 color drawings of the battle by Red Horse, an unknown account of Custer's movements collected in 1908 from the Crow scouts by photographer Edward E. Curtis, new archaelogical artifacts from the Reno battlefield, and recently discovered letters written during the campaign. Contains about 200 maps, photographs, reproductions, and drawings. Oversize: 9.25x12<">. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780812932560
  • Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 10/11/1999
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 256
  • Product dimensions: 9.38 (w) x 12.19 (h) x 0.95 (d)

Meet the Author

Herman J. Viola, Curator Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution and former director of the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives, is the biographer of Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, whose Cheyenne grandfather Black Horse fought at Little Bighorn. His work with American Indians over the last twenty-five years has given him unique access to the Indian community. In 1997, he became the adopted brother of Joseph Medicine Crow, whose grandfather White Man Runs Him was one of Custer's six Crow scouts. Dr. Viola is the author of fifteen books, including After Columbus, North American Indians, and It Is a Good Day to Die. He lives in Falls Church, Virginia, and Bozman, Maryland.
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Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
The Trail to Little Bighorn 3
The Day of Death 23
Cheyenne Memories of Little Bighorn 33
A Dakota View of the Great Sioux War 57
Custer and His Crow Scouts 105
The Crow Scouts After Little Bighorn 125
Why the Arikara Fought for Custer and the Seventh Cavalry 133
Red Star's Pension 147
Edward S. Curtis and Custer's Crow Scouts 152
Archaeologists: Detectives on the Battlefield 165
Custer: The Making of a Myth 188
Additional Reading 226
Contributors 228
Index 229
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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 22, 2001

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    My own great-great grandfather was in the Seventh Cavalry, but was discharged before this battle, so I have read a great deal about Custer. We are all quick to judge historical figures and too often 'choose' which side was 'right'. How would we react if our own little pioneer family was ravaged? Isn't it racist to forgive native atrocities because they 'didn't know any better' and the white men did (supposedly?)so their acts are despicable? What about those who broke their own tribe's rules? Both sides were human. This book is fascinating. Too many authors approach Custer with a bias one way or the other. Here is 'new' information about events. Yes, people were afraid to speak their truth. Yes, Custer defenders, there were lies at the court martial, but these eye-witness accounts are astounding.

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