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Description

Native American groups are stirring controversy with the proposal to build an Indian monument on the

ground of Custer's Last Stand.

Keywords

Battle of Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand, Re-Enactment, Re-Creation, American Indians, Victory,

Memorial, Monument, Last Stand Hill, Montana, Lieutenant Colonel George Custer, Seventh Cavalry,

Policy, Indian Wars, Old West

Citation

MLA

"Hallowed Ground: The Battle of Little Big Horn." Roger O'Neil, correspondent. NBC Nightly News.

Hallowed Ground: The Battle of Little Big Hornhttps://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/browse/?cuecard=601

Source: NBC Nightly News Resource Type: Video News ReportCreator: Tom Brokaw/Roger

O'NeilCopyright: NBCUniversal Media,

LLC.Event Date: 06/25/1876 Copyright Date: 1996Air/Publish Date: 06/25/1996 Clip Length 00:02:11

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APA

O'Neil, R. (Reporter), & Brokaw, T. (Anchor). 1996, June 25. Hallowed Ground: The Battle of Little Big

Horn. [Television series episode]. NBC Nightly News. Retrieved from

https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/browse/?cuecard=601

CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE

"Hallowed Ground: The Battle of Little Big Horn" NBC Nightly News, New York, NY: NBC Universal,

06/25/1996. Accessed Wed Apr 15 2015 from NBC Learn: https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-

12/browse/?cuecard=601

Transcript

Hallowed Ground: the Battle of Little Big Horn

TOM BROKAW, anchor: It was more than 100 years ago that General Custer made his last dumb

decision. He rode with a small band of men into the heart of one of the greatest Indian encampments ever

assembled, at the Little Big Horn in Montana. Custer and his men were all wiped out, but somehow, down

through the years, he has emerged as a heroic figure. Now the Indians want their say, and as NBC’s Roger

O’Neil tells us from Little Big Horn tonight, that has touched off still another battle.

ROGER O’NEIL, reporting: In sacred ceremonies, Cheyenne and Sioux Indians recaptured Last Stand

Hill this morning. As their ancestors did 120 years ago to the day, in the one-hour battle of The Little Big

Horn, the crushing defeat of Lieutenant George Custer and the Seventh Cavalry. Now there is only one

monument, to Custer and his men. But there are plans to build an Indian monument, on the hallowed

ground of Last Stand Hill.

O’NEIL: Is that appropriate?

GUEST 1: No, I don’t think it’s appropriate. Those are United States soldiers that died serving their

country, and I think it’s a slap in the face.

GUEST 2: Well, certainly an Indian memorial would be entirely appropriate. Whether it should be

allowed on Last Stand Hill or not, I would tend to say no.

O’NEIL: In a separate ceremony today, Custer buffs, wearing the costumes of 1876, put on their own

reenactment of the general’s final march to the Montana battlefield. Until recently, this was the Custer

Battlefield, always missing recognition of the Indians who fought here.

The Indian memorial on Last Stand Hill will also commemorate the last great battle the Native Americans

won before losing their independence on the Great Plains. But for now, no money has been set aside to

build the Indian monument. For many there is still no glory for the victors of The Little Big Horn. Roger

O’Neil, NBC News, Crow Agency, Montana.

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