Battle of Little Bighorn - June 25, 1876
Today in History, Chief Sitting Bull and Chief Crazy Horse defeated American troops led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer in a bloody battle near the Little Bighorn River in Southern Montana.
The government was requiring the Indian tribes to be confined to reservations. The Sioux tribe resisted the U.S. governments plan for their confinement, which eventually led to this battle. There was a great outrage from the white American people because of this defeat, and the government increased its efforts to subdue the tribes. Almost all the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes were confined to their reservations five years later. The Battle of Little Bighorn was also known as 'Custer's Last Stand".
Source: History.com-Battle of Little Bighorn
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