mar 1, 1876 - Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876) Thousands of Lakota Sioux and their allies annihilated an army under the command of Colonel George Armstrong Custer in the battle of the Little Bighorn. Despite occasional successes in battle, native Americans on the plains ultimately lost the war against the forces of U.S. expansionism.
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mar 1, 1876
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~ 149 years ago