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Also Known As Custer’s Last Stand
Date June 25, 1876
Location Montana • United States
Participants Cheyenne • Oceti Sakowin • United States
Context Second Treaty of Fort Laramie • Black Hills War • Plains Wars

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Site of the Sand Creek Massacre
Sand Creek Massacre
November 29, 1864
Satanta
Red River Indian War
1874 - 1875
Battle of the Little Bighorn
Battle of the Little Bighorn
June 25, 1876

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George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer
United States military officer
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
Sioux chief
Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse
Sioux chief
Gall
Gall
Sioux chief

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