They found a war they couldn’t win.

In 1876, George Armstrong Custer rode into history chasing victory.At the time, the U.S. Army believed the Native American tribes of the Great Plains were scattered, weakened, and ready to be forced onto reservations.They were wrong.At the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer split his forces, expecting a quick, decisive win.Instead, he rode straight into one of the largest gatherings of Native warriors ever seen.Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho fighters, led by figures like Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse were ready.What followed wasn’t a battle.It was an encirclement.Custer and over 200 of his men were surrounded on a ridge, cut off, and overwhelmed.No reinforcements.No escape.No survivors.The news shocked the United States.An entire detachment... gone.But the victory didn’t last.Within a year, the U.S. military returned in force, and the tribes that had won at Little Bighorn would be pushed toward defeat and displacement.