Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

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This area memorializes one of the last armed efforts of the Northern Plains Indians to preserve their way of life. Here in 1876, 263 soldiers and attached personnel of the U.S. Army, including Lt. Col. George A. Custer, met death at the hands of several thousand Lakota and Cheyenne warriors.

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PO Box 39
Crow Agency, MT 59022

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Last Updated: August 23, 2007 at 12:51 EST