Why did the Battle of the Little Bighorn occur?

Answer 1

so anyways the battle just started like u no.....any battle starts. they pushed the feather head people into reservations and like u no, wer like using their land, like then umm......oh yea. the feather heads got mad over some proclamation, cause they didnt no bout it and then..................they went and fought by the little bighorn river, so they call it battle of bighorn. it was the Sioux against the 7th clavary that were made up of the civil war veterans, and they were totally outnumbered bu the feather heads so the feather heads won, and it was a impact on civil rights because.... the natives won and it showed that they wanted rights and etc.DUH

Answer 2

The United States Government, through the Indian Agency or BIA outlawed all Native American Indian religions and their practice. The Indians continued to practice these religions however, and several smaller conflicts ended with a war between the plains Indians and the US Government. The Battle of Little Bighorn was only one engagement in this war. It was not legal to practice these religions again until 1978.

Answer 3

The battle of Little Big Horn was caused by General Custer's over zealous desire to make a name for himself, he had hoped to be president and he had underestimated the Indian tribes remaining desire to maintain their freedom. The tribes, some of which were unfriendly to one another banded together and became far more powerful than Custer had anticipated. At this time in history there was a mass surrender of Indian Chiefs and Custer felt that they would be of very little significance and present no problem.and so that was the end of Indians