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Between June 25 and 26, 1876, a combined force of Lakota and Northern Cheyenne led the United States 7th Cavalry in to a battle near the Little Bighorn River in what was then the eastern fringe of the Montana Territory. The engagement is well known by several names: the Battle of Greasy Grass, the Battle of Little Big Horn, and Custer's Last Stand. Perhaps the most well-known action in the Indian Wars, it absolutely was a remarkable victory for Sitting Bull and his awesome forces. They defeated a column of seven hundred men led by George Armstrong Custer; five in the Seventh's companies were annihilated and Custer himself was killed in the engagement together with two of his brothers and a brother-in-law. Known as the battle that left no white survivors, Little Big Horn has inspired more than 1,000 pieces of art, including over 40 films. Here are four of the best...