Crow Agency in Big Horn County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
Indian Encampment
Little Bighorn Battlefield
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 23, 2015
1. Indian Encampment Marker
On June 25, 1876, approximately 7,000 Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho, including 1,500 – 2,000 warriors, encamped below on the Greasy Grass River (Little Bighorn). Under the political and spiritual leadership of Tatanka-Iyotanka (Sitting Bull), they refused to be restricted to their reservation and sought to follow their traditional nomadic way of life.
“We camped in the valley along the south side of the Greasy Grass. It was a very big village and you could hardly count the tipis. Along the side toward the east was the Greasy Grass, with some timber along it, and it was running from the melting of the snow in the Bighorn Mountains.”
“We went over the divide and we camped in the valley of the Little Bighorn. Everybody thought: Now we are out of the white mans country. He can live there, we will live here.”
Erected by National Park Service.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1907.
Location. 45° 32.978′ N, 107° 25.063′ W. Marker is in Crow Agency, Montana, in Big Horn County
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Regionally, this marker is in Montana’s and he Crow Nation, in Southeast Montana, in Custer Country. It is also in the American Mountain West, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, on the prairies, on the Great Plains, and specifically on the Northern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Ruperts Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Medicine Tail Ford (approx. 0.2 miles away); Deep Coulee (approx. 0.2 miles away); Medicine Tail Coulee Ford (approx. 0.3 miles away); Greasy Grass Ridge (approx. 0.7 miles away); Medicine Tail Coulee (approx. 0.7 miles away); Lame White Man Charge (approx. 0.7 miles away); Calhoun Hill (approx. 0.8 miles away); a different marker also named Calhoun Hill (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Crow Agency.
More about this marker. The background of the marker features a picture of the Indian encampment that was located near the marker prior to the battle. Photographs of Black Elk, Two Moons, and Tatanka-Iyotanka (Sitting Bull) also appear on the marker.
Also see . . . The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876. (Submitted on August 7, 2015, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 23, 2015
2. Indian Encampment Marker
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 23, 2015
3. Marker on the Little Bighorn Battlefield
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 7, 2015, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,191 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 7, 2015, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
