30/06/2026
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150 years ago, allied Native forces including Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples defeated the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Greasy Grass.
Tribes gathered at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana to mark the 150th anniversary of the battle, widely known as the Battle of Little Bighorn.
The battle took place on June 25–26, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in present-day Montana, on what is today the Crow (Apsáalooke) Reservation.
The conflict followed the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty, the discovery of gold in the Black Hills, treaty violations by miners, and U.S. efforts to force Lakota and Cheyenne people onto agencies.
The commemoration included horse rides, traditional songs, dances, oral histories, tribally organized ceremonies and a camp near the battlefield area. ICT reported that more than 10,000 people were expected at the monument and surrounding area for the anniversary.
The anniversary also arrives just before the United States marks its 250th year — echoing 1876, when news of Custer’s defeat reached the East as Americans were celebrating the country’s centennial.
“We’re still here,” William Good Bird, a traditional singer from Spirit Lake Dakota Nation, told AP.
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