The Native Americans( the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Arapaho) won
well im adding on to this answer
the Sioux called it the "battle of greasy grass" the Indians in the fight were(the lakota Sioux, Dakota Sioux, assinnaborne, ogolala Sioux,norther Cheyenne, arapahoe, black feet) and yes the natives won the fight.. attending custers 7th calvery..were Indians too..(the biggest native traitor's.. the crow who had virtually no allys pre-Europeans settler) the crow were attending as scout.. yes it is true all of the 7th calvary died..but not told is that there were survivors who fought along side with Custer.. they were crows..i think it is 3 crows survived..and if you must know i no this because i my self am northern and souther cheyeen . lakota Sioux..arapahoe. and crow
the defeat was initiated by, I believe, a combination of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. Custer, in charge, apparently engaged hostile Indians before being re-enforced, and had split his force before the engagement. It would appear Custer had no idea of the large force of hostiles he would face with his small force............Well anyways, your welcome.
The Battle of Little Bighorn took place around the Little Bighorn River in Montana. The Cheyanne and Sioux Indians were emboldened by recent victories over their white foes.
General George Custer and his troops were annihilated, with not a single soldier left standing, June 25, 1876.
George Custer
General flank lost his army after getting bombed
General Geogre Custer's side lost the battle. Custer was also killed during the battle.
I think you refer to the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1878.
George Armstrong Custer.
They lost becuase they did have a plan
Lieutenant Colonel (Brevet Major General of Volunteers) George Armstrong Custer was the commanding officer of the Custer Battalion of the 7th Cavalry at the time of the Battle of Little Big Horn, and leader of the troops killed there with him on "last Stand Hill".
General Gordon - he also lost his head :)
Napoleon.
George Armstrong Custer is known as a civil war commander and the commander of Ft. Lincoln. He was killed in the battle of Little Big Horn. At one point it was thought he might run for president.
General Israel Putnam.
Since there were no white survivors, there was really just a rumor spread for some 80 years that the whole thing was a vicious battle and the Indians out numbered them and it was a heroic attempt at battle that they unfortunetly lost.
John Burgoyne