The 1876 defeat of George Armstrong Custer’s command at the Little Bighorn.
Historical background
In June 1876, the US Army sought to bring Lakota and Northern Cheyenne groups under federal control during a conflict intensified by the discovery of gold in the Black Hills. The Seventh Cavalry encountered a large Indigenous encampment near the Little Bighorn River.
On 25 June, Lakota and Northern Cheyenne fighters and their allies defeated Custer and the men with him. The victory was followed by renewed US military pressure and the further dispossession of Indigenous peoples.
