Little Big Horn - reenactment - Montana 2026

 Salvete Omnes or Hoka Hey,

Image copyright @ MC Lonesome Dove Western Photography 

just a short post about the celebration and  reenactment in Montana that took place last weekend-  close to the Crow Reservation, on the property of Real Bird family near  Garryowen, Mt.
 American aficionados of history, reenactors, tribal people of the Plains et al  reenacted the famous Little Big Horn/Greasy Grass battle.

Montana media from Billings KTVQ offers free articles & videos on the reenactment of the battle and participants of this event, including one about the tribal leaders preparations for the event in early June. Also another article on the hundreds of riders who had come to Montana for the June 26, 2026 celebration and reenactment. And their gallery of photos from the reenactment. 

Rosebud Sioux Tribe from South Dakota did a lifestream from the Celebration. 

American Battlefield Trust had a special episode with Custer expert Dan Davis et al on the battle. 

image copyright MC Lonesome Dove Western Photography 

valete

Red Horse - Tashunka Luta - narrative of the LBH battle

 Salvete Omnes,

day second of the battle of the Little Big Horn aka Greasy Grass River and its 150th anniversary.
Red Horse (Tashunka Luta), Miniconjou/Minneconjou Lakota warrior, drew his own pictographic account the battle. 

In 1881 in South Dakota, the Cheyenne River Agency, Dr Charles E. McChesney, acting Asst. Surgeon on the US,  purchase the  41 accurate pictographic drawings from Red Horse. 
One map

Five drawings of soldiers approaching  the village. Five drawings of the tipis. Five drawings of charging warriors. Five drawings  of Indians fighting the soldiers. Five views of dead horses.Five views of dead and mutilated soldiers. Five views of of Indian casualties. Six drawings of Indians leading away captured horses.

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The drawings were made with colored pencils on the heavy sheets of manila paper - 24x35inches. 
The sheets are in poor condition and are available only in photographs. 

Article analyzing the Indian - Lakota and Cheyenne - casualties during the battle as portrayed by Red Horse. 

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all images are from Wiki Commons .

Valete

Hoka Hey! - 150th anniversary of the battle of Little Big Horn

 Salvete Omnes,

Hoka Hey! - Lakota (Oglala, Hunkpapa, Miniconjoy, Brile etc), Cheynne and some Santee Dakota and Arapaho warriors defeated the 7th Cavalry regiment supported by the Arikara, Sioux and Crow scouts 150 years ago .

Rain in the Face

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Crazy Horse - blotahunka of the Oglala and Cheyennes 

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White Bull of the Miniconjou, who might have killed Custer

Siobhan Fallon (Yt channel on the Custer's Last Stand and Seventh Cavalry)  has two part video( one & two) on the White Bull's authobiography and Stanley Vestal's biography of this big man of the Miniconjou.

Wooden Leg - Cheyenne 

Little Wolf/Coyote & Morning Star/Dull Knife - Cheyennes 

Two Moons - Cheyenne

Comanche - Captain Keogh's horse 

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Ledger art - so called Maffet Ledger from the MET via Wiki Commons. 

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three Crow scouts at the battlefield cemetery all those years after - Pacem Aeternam

Valete