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Why We've Gotten 'Custer's Last Stand' Wrong for Nearly 150 Years
TIME
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Military events · 25–26 June 1876Open article references →
The Battle of the Little Bighorn
Little Bighorn battlefield and Indian village landscape · United States
Why editors use it hereHistorian- and Indigenous-led reassessment of the battle, its participants, naming, interpretation, and public memory.
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On 25–26 June 1876, Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors defeated the U.S.
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Trigger and conditions
Custer's scouts found a very large village in the Little Bighorn valley.
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Uncertainty
No member of Custer's immediate command survived to report his final decisions.
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Why it matters
The battle is not an isolated last stand.
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