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The battle happened because the Lakota people had been guaranteed some land in south Dakota including the black hills.  But when gold was discovered in the black hills the U.S tried to steal it back.

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When Custer found the large village of Lakota and Chechen near the river (Little Bighorn) HE initially wanted to scout the village,but when they were discovered he decided to attack!  But what he thought to be 100's turned out to be 1000's.

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In every battle there are commanders so it's natural that you need to know who they are.  The U.S army was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Gorge Custer and Major Marcus Reno. The tribes were led by many chiefs they're names were: Sitting Bull,Crazy Horse,Chief Gall,Lame White Man,(I'm not kidding) and Two Moon.

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Custer split up the army between himself and Reno.  He had Reno begin the battle from the south,Reno and his men open fired!!  Though they were soon overwhelmed, they retreated into the hills and were rescued by reinforcements.  Custer engaged the native Americans from the north, and was quickly overwhelmed. Custer ended up on a small hill with 50 men, he and all his men were killed.

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This is a painting of the battle of the little bighorn Custer can be seen toward the front battling a native American.

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1. The Lakota called it the battle of the greasy grass.
2. Sitting Bull had a vision before the battle where he saw a great battle over the U.S. army.
3. Several of Custer's relatives were also killed in the battle.
4. Walt Disney made a movie about the battle called tonka.

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a painting of the village of lakota

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see I told you he was real.

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sorry all the ones I checked were restricted