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American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
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American Indian Wars
Frontier conflicts in North America, 1609–1890s
The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, was a conflict initially fought by European colonial empires, the United States, and briefly the Confederate States of America and Republic of Texas against various American Indian tribes in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of the Rosebud
1876 battle between the US and Native American tribes
The Battle of the Rosebud took place on June 17, 1876, in the Montana Territory between the United States Army and its Crow and Shoshoni allies against a force consisting mostly of Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians during the Great Sioux War of 1876. The Cheyenne called…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sioux
Indigenous people of North America
The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America. The Sioux have two major linguistic divisions: the Dakota and Lakota peoples. Collectively, they are the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, or 'Seven Council Fires'.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cheyenne
American Indian tribe from the Great Plains
The Cheyenne are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains. The Cheyenne comprise two Native American tribes, the Só'taeo'o or Só'taétaneo'o and the Tsétsėhéstȧhese ; the tribes merged in the early 19th century. Today, the Cheyenne people are split into two federally recognized…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Crazy Horse
Lakota war leader (c. 1840–1877)
Crazy Horse was a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band. He took up arms against the United States federal government to fight against encroachment by White American settlers on Native American territory and to preserve the traditional way of life of the Lakota people. His…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
General officer
Military rank
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air and space forces, marines or naval infantry.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
George Crook
19th-century U.S. Army officer
George R. Crook was a career United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. He is best known for commanding U.S. forces in the 1886 campaign that led to the defeat of the Apache leader Geronimo. As a result, the Apache nicknamed Crook Nantan…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Montana Territory
Organized incorporated territory of the United States from 1864 to 1889
The Territory of Montana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 26, 1864, until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted as the 41st state in the Union as the state of Montana.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
June 17
Day of the year
June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 197 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)