On June 25th 1876, the 7th Regiment of Cavalry of Lieutenant colonel George A. Custer was crushed by a coalition of Sioux and Cheyennes. One century after the USA independence, the Battle of Little Bighorn fromed a trauma for the Americans. The responsibility of that military fiasco was attributed to Custer, but for many people, many grey areas are remaining. So let's come back on the events which have led to this battle and let's understand why it's so controversial in the USA.

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Bibliography :

David Cornut, 'Little Bighorn : autopsie d'une bataille légendaire', Nuage Rouge, 2018, 520p. (French)
Robert M. Utley, 'Indian Wars', American Heritage Press, New York, 1977.
James Welch, 'Killing Custer: The Battle of Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians', 1994.
Farid Ameur, 'Sitting Bull : héros de la résistance', Tallandier, 2014, 240p. (French)

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Internet Links :

Summary of the battle and polemic : https://bit.ly/2Mgigmr
1879 commission's report : https://bit.ly/2Rw8hiO
George A. Custer : https://bit.ly/2QV4MgG
Wikipedia : https://bit.ly/2sufa5p (French)

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Illustration, music, video credits :

Artworks : Robert Griffing / Andrew Knez / David Yorke / Zs Liang / Franck Macarthy / David Mann

Musics : Cherokee flute 2014 / Dvorak, Symphonie n°9 "New World"/ Philipp Glass, The thin blue line theme

Videos : Little Big Man, Arthur Penn (1970) – Twenty Century Fox
Sitting Bull, Sydney Salkow (1954) – United Artist

Sound effects : Freesound.org

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