Re: what was the result of the Battle of Little Bighorn

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: The end of the free Sioux way was inevitable...the LBH certainly hastened that outcome by turning opinion further against the Sioux.  Similar effect, but at a lesser scale, as Pearl Harbor, or WTC.

: Some good Custer/LBH books include:

: Lakota Noon        -Greg Michno
: The Custer Myth     -WA Graham
: Son of the Morning Star    -Evan S Connel

: Some well researched fiction (non Custer focused) - 

: Lonesome Dove series  -Larry McMurtry
: Hanta Yo    -Ruth Beebe Hill

: : : Result - 

: : : Sioux wiped out 5 companies of calvary, defeated a national hero, and embarassed the army.

: : : USA gained in that the nation galvanized together to resolve Sioux problem and restrict them to reservations.   The army, filled with resolve after the LBH, engaged in a relentless pursuit that caused the Sioux bands to scatter, lose power, have less time to hunt, etc. 

: : : For better or worse, depending on your perspective, the Battle of the Little Big Horn was the beginning of the end of the free Plains Sioux culture.

: : Snow... I like your answer, brief and to the point.
: : I am doing a research paper entitled, "Did the Indians greatest victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn also result in their ultimate defeat (as a free roaming nation)"?
: : Any recommended reference work you might know of on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. 


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