This factual account of the Metis half of the 1885 Northwest Rebellion includes a look at Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont (12 illustrations).

Crazy Horse/Tashunkewitko, Oglala A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky. I was hostile to the white man...we preferred hunting to a life of idleness on our reservations. At times we did not get enough to eat and we were not allowed to hunt. All we wanted was peace and to be left alone. Soldiers came and destroyed our ...

Plains Indians During most of its early history, Fort Laramie was a social and economic center for several tribes of Plains Indians. The Native Americans came to trade, to visit, and later to sign treaties and receive annuities. Early relations between the traders at the Fort and the Indians were amicable, but as the tide of emigrants swelled along the Oregon Trial, resentments and friction ...

Links to Old West Forts and Towns His summers are spent in campaigning; his winters in getting his horse in condition for the next campaign. He has scarcely a mounted drill for in summer he must save his horse for active work, and in winter his horse is unfit for it. He is building posts, stables, cantonments, driving a team or cutting firewood. He is a 'hewer of wood and a drawer of water.' ...

Custer's Last Stand Reenactment is a living history reenactment of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. This year marks the 125th anniversary of the battle, and Hardin, MT is going all-outin their annual clelbrations!

Five photos: The Medal of Honor, this nation's highest honor for valor under enemy fire, was awarded to four Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts.

Chapter 14 Extracted from WINNING THE WEST THE ARMY IN THE INDIAN WARS, 1865-1890 AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY ARMY HISTORICAL SERIES OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF MILITARY HISTORY UNITED STATES ARMY CHAPTER 14 Winning the West: The Army in the Indian Wars, 1865-1890 Perhaps because of a tendency to view the record of a military establishment in terms of conflict, the U.S. Army's operational experience in ...

WebMontana presents: The Battle of the Little Bighorn Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) The story of Custer's Last Stand Sitting Bull, Tatanka Iyotanka, Hunkpapa Sioux Leader (1834-1890) On June 25th, 1876 Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer led a strike force of 647 men against the Lakota, Sioux, and Cheyenne Indians in southeastern Montana. This is their story. Hold your ...