If you're talking about the battle at the Little Big Horn against the Sioux Nation, that was June 1876.
Little Bighorn, Montana
The 7th Cavalry discovery of gold in the Black Hills of South Dakota led to a massive gold rush in the area. This caused serious issues with the Sioux Indians and laid the foundation for the Great Sioux War of 1876 to 1877.
The Battle of Rosebud took place on June 17, 1876 in Big Horn County, Montana. This battle occurred during the Great Sioux War of 1876.
The Sioux Indians
they fought the Blackfoot tribe or you know them as the Chicago Blackfoot Hockey
The Sioux found gold in their land and the whites found out, so they wanted to get that land so that the whites could have the gold that the Sioux had.
Sitting Bull
Chief Joseph
The Great Sioux War of 1876 was also known as the Black Hills War.Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer died in the Battle of the Little Big Horn aka Custer's Last Stand aka Massacre at Greasy Grass, one of the battles of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
Note to supervisors: Trashed to NEI due to lack of specific information about what fighting in the Black Hills.
George Armstrong Custer.