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This area memorializes one of the last armed efforts of the Northern Plains Indians to preserve their way of life.  Here in 1876, 263 soldiers and attached personnel of the U.S. Army, including Lt. Col. George A. Custer, met death at the hands of several thousand Lakota and Cheyenne warriors.

 
7th Cavalry Monument

Little Bighorn Battlefield

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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
PO Box 39
Crow Agency, MT 59022

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(406) 638-3204

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(406) 638-2623

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Elkhorn Tavern at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail  

Did You Know?
President Andrew Jackson began to aggressively implement a broad policy of Indian removal in the 1830s. This policy, combined with the discovery of gold on Cherokee land in northern Georgia in 1829, led to their removal to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) on the Trail of Tears.

Last Updated: August 23, 2007 at 12:51 EST