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Eunace and her child. Kiowa. Late 1800s. Photo by J.N. Choate.

147 years ago, on this day, the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho defeated General George Armstrong Custer along with the U.S. 7th Calvary, June 25, 1876 at the Battle of Greasy Grass/Big Horn, MT. After General Custer found gold in the Black Hills, SD, he tried to use the 7th Calvary to help force our ancestors out of the Black Hills and onto reservations and overtake the Paha Sapa (Black Hills). Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Inkpa Duta and our Oceti Sakowin warriors, joined with Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho Warriors to defeated General Custer and the 7th Calvary, saving the lives of many women and children…and to this day, we have never sold the Black Hills. Happy Victory Day relatives!

Stoney Chief Hector Crawler. ca. 1900. Photo by Harry Pollard

Pawnee group (part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West). 1886. Photo by Anderson.

Little Moon. Crow. 1883. Photo by Frank Jay Haynes. Source - Montana Historical Society.

Josepha. Jicarilla Apache. ca. 1890. New Mexico/Arizona. Photo by Frank A. Randall. Source - National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian

Navajo (Diné) mother tying her daughter's hair using brush. (1920s?). Source - University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center

Lone Wolf. Crow. Late 1800s. Montana. Photo by L.A. Huffman

Chief Naiche (c. 1857–1919), Chiricahua Apache, son of Cochise

Chiricahua Chokonen N'de Chief Naiche, Arizona

Beautiful family 😍

Crow group. Late 1800s.