Dates : June 25-26 1876
Location:Near little bighorn river
Outcome:Native American victory
Background:
- Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull refused to accept the peace of 1868.
- Gold was discovered in the Black Hills in 1874.
- The Sioux refused to sell their land in the Black Hills.
- The government ordered the Sioux onto small reservations. When the Sioux refused, they were declared 'hostile'.
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