The Great Sioux War of 1876, also known as the Black Hills War, was a series of battles and negotiations that occurred in 1876 and 1877 in an alliance of Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne against the United States. The cause of the war was the desire of the US government to obtain ownership of the Black Hills after gold was discovered there. Sitting Bull was a leading figure, later leading a large contingent across the border into Canada rather than surrender. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Event DateThis is the start date; the war ran to 5 May 1877. Connections
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Source Great Sioux War of 1876 (Wikipedia)
Participant
Lakota (Sioux) side, principal war leader; also led the combined Native forces that defeated the 7th Cavalry under Custer at the Little Bighorn within this war.
Source Wikipedia: Crazy Horse
US Army side, 7th Cavalry commander, killed at the Little Bighorn within this war, opposing Crazy Horse's Lakota forces.
Source Wikipedia: George Armstrong Custer
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Sitting Bull led a large contingent across
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8 February 1876
Great Sioux War of 1876: Event Type
The Great Sioux War of 1876, also known as the Black Hills War, was a series of battles and negotiations that occurred in 1876 and 1877 in an alliance of Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne against the United States.
In Era: The Late Modern Period, lead paragraph and infobox, dates
The Great Sioux War of 1876, also known as the Black Hills War, was a series of battles and negotiations that occurred in 1876 and 1877 in an alliance
View the Source Battle of the Little Bighorn (World History Encyclopedia)
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Five companies of the 7th Cavalry under Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer (l. 1839-1876) were wiped out in one day by the combined forces of Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors under the Sioux chief Sitting Bull (l. c. 1837-1890).
Wikipedia: Crazy Horse
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After months of pursuit during the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877, Crazy Horse surrendered to U.S. forces in May 1877, seeking to secure the survival of his band amid famine and military pressure.
Wikipedia: George Armstrong Custer
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On June 25, 1876, while leading the Army's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the southeastern Montana Territory against a coalition of Western Native American tribes, he was killed along with every soldier of the five companies he
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