A group of mounted Lakota Warriors

Outdoor standing portrait of Black Elk, an elderly Native American, Oglala Lakota Sioux spiritual leader who fought in the Little Bighorn, South Dakota, wearing a shirt, breechcloth, leggings, fur skin trim, and bead necklace.

The Prince of Thieves

George Armstrong Custer

View over the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana, shows the bluffs of Major Marcus A. Reno's position with the right wing of the 7th Cavalry, site of the fight against Native American Sioux and Northern Cheyenne, and a gravestone inscribed: "Lieut. Benj. H. Hodgson, 7 U. S. Cav. Fell Here June 25, 1876."

View from Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer's memorial at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana; site of the fight against Native American Sioux and Northern Cheyenne.

View from Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer's memorial at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana; shows gravestones of 7th Cavalry troopers who died in the fight against Native American Sioux and Northern Cheyenne.

Four Native Americans (Crow) who served as scouts for George Custer stand around grave markers that memorialize the battle of the Little Bighorn. One of the markers is a wooden cross, the others are stone arches. Two of the scouts hold rifles.

Men in cavalry uniforms place flowers on a grave at the Little Bighorn Battlefield (Big Horn County), Montana. Wooden grave marker reads: "Col. Keogh and 38 Soldiers of Co. 17 Cav. Killed Here June 25, 1876." Horse bones are to the side.

Head and shoulders portrait of a Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux) man, identified as Rain In The Face. He wears an animal skin vest, bead necklaces, a kerchief, and eagle feathers in his hair. He is reputed to have been the man who killed Custer at the battle of Little Bighorn.

A man stands on the hill overlooking "Custer's Last Stand," the site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, southeast of the Crow Agency, Montana. Tombstones mark the graves of troops of Lt. Col. George A. Custer's 7th U.S. Cavalry who fought Native American Sioux and Northern Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse. A tall stone monument, enclosed in a wrought iron fence, lists the names of the soldiers.

View west over Little Bighorn River from bluffs near Major Marcus A. Reno's hill position, site of the fight against Native American Sioux and Northern Cheyenne, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana.

Custer Battle, Little Big Horn at mouth of Big Horn, Medicine Tail Creek (look northeast to Custer's position) where Indians crossed the river to attack Custer, Crow scouts had come down to this point to inspect Indian camp, one of hills where Custer's men fought can be seen between the trees.

Battle of the Little Bighorn

A group of mounted Lakota Warriors