Little Bighorn remembered
Subtitle: the untold Indian story of Custer's last stand
By: Herman J. Viola
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Times Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876; Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1876; Cheyenne Indians -- Wars, 1876
Other titles: Little Big Horn remembered
Description: "On the morning of June 25, 1876, soldiers of the elite U.S. Seventh Cavalry led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer attacked a large Indian encampment on the banks of the Little Bighorn River. By day's end, Custer and more than two hundred of his men lay dead. It was a shocking defeat - or magnificent victory, depending on your point of view - and more than a century later it is still the object of controversy, debate, and fascination."--BOOK JACKET.

"What really happened on that fateful day? Now, thanks to the work of Herman J. Viola, Curator Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution, we are much closer to answering that question. Dr.

Viola, a leader in the preservation of Native American culture and history, has collected here dozens of dramatic, never-before-published accounts by Indians who participated in the battle - accounts that have been handed down to the present day, often secretly and accompanied by oaths of silence, from one generation to the next.

These remarkable eyewitness recollections provide a direct link to that day's events; together they constitute an unprecedented oral history of the battle from the Native American point of view and the most comprehensive eyewitness description of Little Bighorn we have ever had."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-227) and index