TheBattleoftheLittleBighorn

The Battle of the Little Bighorn

PURPOSE OF THE WEB PAGE

This page is intended as a resource page for Mr. Mike Scally's 11th Grade Montana Government
Studies class at Great Falls High in Great Falls, Montana.

Parent Information

     The Battle of the Little Bighorn (A.K.A.,Custer's Last Stand and The Battle of the Greasy Grass (the Native   American name for the battle) is the most famous of the American Indian battles of the nineteenth
century.

       It was also the worst single military defeat in our nation's history. The battle is a lot of things, many of
them merely legends. Use the   following links to discover the real truth about this famous battle.

BIOGRAPHIES

Crazy Horse

Lt. Col. George A. Custer

Gall

Red Cloud

Maj. Marcus Reno

Sitting Bull
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PHOTOGRAPHS

Rain In the Face

Low Dog

White Bull

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DOCUMENTS

Fort Larmie Treaty of 1851

Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868

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LITTLE BIGHORN GOVERNMENT SITES

Library of Congress

National Park Service
Little Bighorn Battlefield

Battle Map

George Armstrong Custer

ASSIGNMENT:   Using each of the links on this page, do the following:

Go to the Multiple Intelligences & Learning Styles assignment page and
   choose 4 assignments to complete. Two assignments should be from your
   dominant intelligences and two from your weaker intelligences.

   Assignment Rules:
   Write a (two page minimum, double-spaced, MS Word) paper for EACH of
    the four assignments you chose.

Wrap your text around AT LEAST one photograph that is pertinent to one of
   your papers. Two assignments are due on the Monday of Midterm, the last
   two are   due the first day of the final week of the semester.

                      CITE YOUR SOURCES (MLA STYLE)!

Who's Who Quiz of theAmerican West

The song you hear is "Garry Owen," one
of Custer's favorite marching tunes.