FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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support of the rights of Native Americans.
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disastrous loss in Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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defeat of the Sioux and Cheyenne in the Indian Wars.
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unsuccessful bid for the presidency.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On June 25, 1876, Native American forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat the U.S. Army troops of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn near southern Montana’s Little Bighorn River.
Detailed explanation-2: -Custer was unaware of the number of Indians fighting under the command of Sitting Bull (c. 1831-90) at Little Bighorn, and his forces were outnumbered and quickly overwhelmed in what became known as Custer’s Last Stand.
Detailed explanation-3: -In less than an hour, the Sioux and Cheyenne had won the Battle of the Little Bighorn, killing Custer and every one of his men.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the war, he was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the Regular Army and was sent west to fight in the Indian Wars.
Detailed explanation-5: -On June 29, 1863 Custer was promoted to brigadier general and assigned to command a brigade in Judson Kilpatrick’s division. While in this position he led his men in the Battle of Gettysburg where he participated in the fighting on what became known as East Cavalry Field.