| The Battle of Little Bighorn is perhaps the most | | | | training. |
| famous conflict between Native Americans and | | | | Additional Activities |
| the U.S. government. | | | | An adventure vacation can be a living classroom. |
| The clashes between the settlers of the | | | | You can retrace the paths our ancestors took in |
| American West and the Native Americans | | | | settling the past. Fun can be had on an outdoor |
| between 1865 and 1890 are known as the Indian | | | | wild west vacation. |
| Wars. Little Bighorn Battlefield is the site of the | | | | Crow Fair and Rodeo |
| June 25, 1876 battle between the U.S. Army's | | | | Custer Battlefield Museum |
| seventh cavalry, and several bands of Lakota | | | | Custer Battlefield Museum is located on the |
| Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho. | | | | former site of Sitting Bull's camp, on the famous |
| This is where your vacation begins, living the life | | | | Garryowen bend of the Little Bighorn River, a |
| of an Army horse soldier on the American | | | | traditional summer hunting campsite for many |
| Frontier, studying the tactics, techniques, and | | | | Plains Indian tribes. |
| customs of the frontier army. | | | | Several famous locations associated with the |
| Relive one of the most celebrated, controversial, | | | | Battle of the Little Bighorn are visible from |
| and debated military events in America: the Battle | | | | Garryowen. These sites include Reno's hilltop |
| of the Little Bighorn. Ride out on a three-day | | | | defense site, Weir Point, Last Stand Hill, Medicine |
| campaign, living in authentic period tents at a | | | | Tail Coulee, the Crow's Nest, the Wolf Mountains |
| traditional cavalry field encampment while | | | | as well as the Little Bighorn Battlefield National |
| conducting realistic cavalry operations. | | | | Monument and Custer National Cemetery. |
| Participate in basic cavalry encampment training | | | | Artifacts at the museum include many items |
| where you'll learn horse and soldier skills, practice | | | | found at the battle site, such as: |
| mounted cavalry drills, and how to use weapons | | | | · Crow Dog's rifle |
| of the frontier cavalrymen. Cavalry training will be | | | | · war clubs and trade knives |
| held near Medicine Tail Coulee, next to the Little | | | | · cavalry spurs |
| Bighorn River, where Custer is thought to have | | | | · Tom Custer's Kerr revolver and an |
| flanked the Sioux Indian village. | | | | Army pistol |
| Some wild west outfitters offer horseback riding | | | | · Lakota lance made from a cavalry |
| tours where the actual battle of the Little Bighorn | | | | guidon pole |
| took place and see a reenactment of the battle. | | | | · U.S. Army-issue revolver with a holster |
| For a more challenging adventure, you can train to | | | | · Beaded Indian War Shirts |
| become a re-enactor and participate in the Real | | | | · A collection of moccasins |
| Bird's Battle of the Little Bighorn. | | | | · shovels used to bury the cavalry dead |
| U.S. Cavalry School offers U.S. cavalry | | | | · an Indian necklace made from one of |
| horsemanship and tactics training, gun | | | | the rings on General Custer's saddle, |
| familiarization training for horses, reenactment | | | | · an early Sioux dugout canoe |
| training, cavalry encampments, and cavalry | | | | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Located at the |
| history instruction. Both novice and advance | | | | Custer Battlefield Museum |
| training courses are available. | | | | The remains of this unknown trooper were found |
| This reenactment vacation is open to everyone | | | | in 1926 and presumed to have been one of Major |
| over the age of 14. This would make a great | | | | Reno's men. The soldier's body was not found |
| family vacation as there are a number of | | | | until the road crew building the US 87 highway |
| programs offered that are specifically oriented to | | | | uncovered it 50 years later. |
| family members not participating in cavalry | | | | |