Happy Victory Day at Greasy Grass! ("Battle of Little Bighorn"), June 25, 1876
150 years ago today, combined Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho forces got revenge against Indian-killers George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry.
There were many brave akicita (Native warriors) there on the field.
Stories vary about the death blows to Custer himself. According to Cheyenne oral history, Buffalo Calf Road Woman fired the shot that knocked Custer off of his horse which eventually led to his next two fatal wounds.
Once he was dead, women used their awls to poke holes in his eardrums "so he would listen to us in the next life."
As Native people, we continue always to defend what is sacred.
Via Mahtowin / United American Indians of New England
