The Battle of Little Bighorn was fought on June 25,1876. It was between the Northern Plains Indian Alliance, and the Seventh Cavalry. The Alliance consisted of Sioux, Arapaho, Kiowa, Comanche, and Cheyenne Indians. The Seventh Cavalry was led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
The battle took place in the Black Hills of Montana. In 1875, the Sioux and Cheyenne people left their reservations. White men had been sneaking into the reservations, because of the rumors of gold. Under Chiefs Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Gall and others, the Indians decided to fight.
Earlier, the white men had signed the Treaty of Lar