Re: what was the result of the Battle of Little Bighorn

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Posted by Snow on May 01, 2002 at 01:07:50:

In Reply to: Re: what was the result of the Battle of Little Bighorn posted by T. Bozek on April 23, 2002 at 11:31:51:

The end of the free Sioux way was inevitable...the LBH certainly hastened that outcome by turning opinion further against the Sioux. Similar effect, but at a lesser scale, as Pearl Harbor, or WTC.

Some good Custer/LBH books include:

Lakota Noon -Greg Michno
The Custer Myth -WA Graham
Son of the Morning Star -Evan S Connel

Some well researched fiction (non Custer focused) -

Lonesome Dove series -Larry McMurtry
Hanta Yo -Ruth Beebe Hill

: : Result -

: : Sioux wiped out 5 companies of calvary, defeated a national hero, and embarassed the army.

: : USA gained in that the nation galvanized together to resolve Sioux problem and restrict them to reservations. The army, filled with resolve after the LBH, engaged in a relentless pursuit that caused the Sioux bands to scatter, lose power, have less time to hunt, etc.

: : For better or worse, depending on your perspective, the Battle of the Little Big Horn was the beginning of the end of the free Plains Sioux culture.

: Snow... I like your answer, brief and to the point.
: I am doing a research paper entitled, "Did the Indians greatest victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn also result in their ultimate defeat (as a free roaming nation)"?
: Any recommended reference work you might know of on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


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