Comments on: Ten Myths of the Little Bighorn http://www.historynet.com/ten-myths-of-the-little-bighorn.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Fri, 24 May 2013 14:46:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joe Little Bear http://www.historynet.com/ten-myths-of-the-little-bighorn.htm#comment-1038042 Joe Little Bear Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:26:59 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680743#comment-1038042 They took every thing he owned except his socks a spur and a lower boot. I met the Custer ancestors in Michigan and none have ever stated they have Native American family. Only one Custer male lived. They took every thing he owned except his socks a spur and a lower boot. I met the Custer ancestors in Michigan and none have ever stated they have Native American family. Only one Custer male lived.

]]> By: I'm 5th cousin of G.A.Custer http://www.historynet.com/ten-myths-of-the-little-bighorn.htm#comment-1030432 I'm 5th cousin of G.A.Custer Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:14:53 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680743#comment-1030432 If you want the real story find out who the president was at the time and his relationship with both Custer and the indians. Next discover how the indian nation really felt about Custer. Then find out what was taken from Custer by the indians. Finally ask yourself why the government covered up the truth all these years right to date. Oh by the way, G.A. Custer is my cousin on my father's side and I am part indian on my mother's side by one band on grandma's side and a different band on my granddad's side. If you want the real story find out who the president was at the time and his relationship with both Custer and the indians. Next discover how the indian nation really felt about Custer. Then find out what was taken from Custer by the indians. Finally ask yourself why the government covered up the truth all these years right to date. Oh by the way, G.A. Custer is my cousin on my father's side and I am part indian on my mother's side by one band on grandma's side and a different band on my granddad's side.

]]> By: Todd http://www.historynet.com/ten-myths-of-the-little-bighorn.htm#comment-978119 Todd Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:48:00 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680743#comment-978119 I agree. The plan was to kill all the natives and Custer even said that there would be plenty for us to kill. The plaque at the indian side of the hill says: they came to attack our village what would you do? We protected ourselves and killed them all. Sitting Bull. I agree. The plan was to kill all the natives and Custer even said that there would be plenty for us to kill. The plaque at the indian side of the hill says: they came to attack our village what would you do? We protected ourselves and killed them all. Sitting Bull.

]]> By: John Koster http://www.historynet.com/ten-myths-of-the-little-bighorn.htm#comment-896541 John Koster Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:09:47 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680743#comment-896541 Tom Little Bear: Your credentials are entirely in order. I of course knew that Tom and Suzie Yellowtail were both deceased. Suzie, I believe, died at Thanksgiving dinner and Tom was distraught. Tom was a medicine man who wore a crew cut and a peace medal and Suzie was the first Crow RN. Suzie and Tom lived at guests at my house for about 10 days during the 1970s and she used to answer the door, wrapped in a traditional blanke and braids, and say \John's not home\ accompanied by my 120-pound malemute dog. The locakl police have been leery of me ever since. I assure you I did not look them up on Google. We helped them round up food and clothing donations and once sent about seven boxes. I considered it rent on America, since I am not a Sioux. Suzie did not much like Russell Means either, but when a white man who exploited Indians once expressed his disdain for Means and the Sioux, Suzie told me quietly: \.He hates tghem becvauise they stand up for themselves better than other Indians do...\ They are not afraid to disaghree or to be disagreeable. Sarge Old Horn, at about the same time, was active with the Cleveland office of the American Indian Movement and we often discussed what you might call media events. His belief was that all contemporary Indians should focus on problems with the government and public images. I worked in a large newspaper office in those days and whenever Indians in semi-traditiona; clothing and hair styles came in to talk, the white and black people were all terrified... It's been a long road but you are entitled to your opinion as I am to mine. I think drastic hostility between modern Indians is a dangerous anachronism. Now thay you have absolutely confirmed that you are a genuine Indian, I hope you will use this and other web sites to express your honest opinions as you have here. Tom Little Bear: Your credentials are entirely in order. I of course knew that Tom and Suzie Yellowtail were both deceased. Suzie, I believe, died at Thanksgiving dinner and Tom was distraught. Tom was a medicine man who wore a crew cut and a peace medal and Suzie was the first Crow RN. Suzie and Tom lived at guests at my house for about 10 days during the 1970s and she used to answer the door, wrapped in a traditional blanke and braids, and say \John's not home\ accompanied by my 120-pound malemute dog. The locakl police have been leery of me ever since. I assure you I did not look them up on Google. We helped them round up food and clothing donations and once sent about seven boxes. I considered it rent on America, since I am not a Sioux.
Suzie did not much like Russell Means either, but when a white man who exploited Indians once expressed his disdain for Means and the Sioux, Suzie told me quietly: \.He hates tghem becvauise they stand up for themselves better than other Indians do…\ They are not afraid to disaghree or to be disagreeable.
Sarge Old Horn, at about the same time, was active with the Cleveland office of the American Indian Movement and we often discussed what you might call media events. His belief was that all contemporary Indians should focus on problems with the government and public images. I worked in a large newspaper office in those days and whenever Indians in semi-traditiona; clothing and hair styles came in to talk, the white and black people were all terrified…
It's been a long road but you are entitled to your opinion as I am to mine. I think drastic hostility between modern Indians is a dangerous anachronism. Now thay you have absolutely confirmed that you are a genuine Indian, I hope you will use this and other web sites to express your honest opinions as you have here.

]]> By: Joe Little Bear http://www.historynet.com/ten-myths-of-the-little-bighorn.htm#comment-895345 Joe Little Bear Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:55:22 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680743#comment-895345 My family is from Crow Reservation as am I. I worked my summers as a youth in Garryowen which has the gas station and the once private museum.I left at 18 to join the Army and have served my 20 years and now live in another state. I do not need to place my family tree on this board as I have not seen anyone else do so and you insult me by even making such a racist statement as to prove who I am and where I was born. 1st If these people you mention told you their names you must own a time machine.2nd you would know that our language is not being passed down as much as it should be and less then 70 % speak it any more. Can you furnish evidence to me your not another Sioux from Pine Ridge. If you need to rely on deceased friends to give you information it seems to me that you are a Sioux or pushing the Sioux agenda to take more of the Crow land. I see your Pine Ridge Reservation still has a high crime rate and the highest rapes in the USA. Maybe my friends who live by there can tell me more. I make a statement and you call me out to prove who I am. You are not worth my time. I know Sarge Old Horn we consider a traitor who is big in Russel Means autobiography a name the Sioux like to throw around so you have given yourself away with that name mentioned in Russel Means autobiography.And Tom Yellowtail died in 1993 so I sure would like to know how you heard from him. Susie Yellow Bear was married toTom in my grandparents times the 1920's.Susie died in 1981 so I think you are full of lies and I challenge you to prove to me how you are talking to our people who have been dead for years.When you heard that Tom Yellowtail was one of our Medicine men and Sun Dance leader you should have checked first to see if he was alive. I am done with you now as you have insulted my tribe and my family by your lies . I do not pretend to have learned my language fluently as I work in cattle. And any of you readers on this board can check on Tom and Susie Yellowtail just google Tom Yellowtails name as this fool has done. Thing is he didnt read enough about him to know that he has been dead many years and so has his wife. Another Sioux insult to take the dead and speak of them as in the present. You will suffer badly in the afterlife for what you have said today. Now maybe you people can understand more of why we do not like the Sioux. Joe DAX PIT SE The word for Bear that my brother has told me. See Im an American I read and speak English. My family is from Crow Reservation as am I. I worked my summers as a youth in Garryowen which has the gas station and the once private museum.I left at 18 to join the Army and have served my 20 years and now live in another state. I do not need to place my family tree on this board as I have not seen anyone else do so and you insult me by even making such a racist statement as to prove who I am and where I was born. 1st If these people you mention told you their names you must own a time machine.2nd you would know that our language is not being passed down as much as it should be and less then 70 % speak it any more. Can you furnish evidence to me your not another Sioux from Pine Ridge. If you need to rely on deceased friends to give you information it seems to me that you are a Sioux or pushing the Sioux agenda to take more of the Crow land. I see your Pine Ridge Reservation still has a high crime rate and the highest rapes in the USA. Maybe my friends who live by there can tell me more. I make a statement and you call me out to prove who I am. You are not worth my time. I know Sarge Old Horn we consider a traitor who is big in Russel Means autobiography a name the Sioux like to throw around so you have given yourself away with that name mentioned in Russel Means autobiography.And Tom Yellowtail died in 1993 so I sure would like to know how you heard from him. Susie Yellow Bear was married toTom in my grandparents times the 1920's.Susie died in 1981 so I think you are full of lies and I challenge you to prove to me how you are talking to our people who have been dead for years.When you heard that Tom Yellowtail was one of our Medicine men and Sun Dance leader you should have checked first to see if he was alive. I am done with you now as you have insulted my tribe and my family by your lies . I do not pretend to have learned my language fluently as I work in cattle. And any of you readers on this board can check on Tom and Susie Yellowtail just google Tom Yellowtails name as this fool has done. Thing is he didnt read enough about him to know that he has been dead many years and so has his wife. Another Sioux insult to take the dead and speak of them as in the present. You will suffer badly in the afterlife for what you have said today. Now maybe you people can understand more of why we do not like the Sioux. Joe DAX PIT SE The word for Bear that my brother has told me. See Im an American I read and speak English.

]]> By: John Koster http://www.historynet.com/ten-myths-of-the-little-bighorn.htm#comment-894849 John Koster Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:10:27 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680743#comment-894849 Joe Little Bear? Two Crow friends on the Crow Reservation say that Little Bear is a Cheyenne name and that they don't know anybody named Joe Little Bear on the Crow reservation. A Cheyenne of that name married into the Crow Nation many years ago but is now deceased. Sr, Richard Littlebear is a genuine Indian but he is Cheyenne, not Crow. Can you furnish some proof of your tribal status such as which clan you belong to, where you live, and how your family name is pronounced in Crow? My Crow friends may be mistaken, but this looks like a vulgar hoax and should not be tolerated among honest and decent people simply because it is convenient or comforting to Custer fans. I heard from Tom and Suzie Yellowtail and Sarge Old Horn, all Crow, what they as modern Indians thought of Custer and what they thoiyght of the "Sioux" and Cheyenne. The sentiments in the quiote were described in similar terms. Joe Little Bear? Two Crow friends on the Crow Reservation say that Little Bear is a Cheyenne name and that they don't know anybody named Joe Little Bear on the Crow reservation. A Cheyenne of that name married into the Crow Nation many years ago but is now deceased. Sr, Richard Littlebear is a genuine Indian but he is Cheyenne, not Crow. Can you furnish some proof of your tribal status such as which clan you belong to, where you live, and how your family name is pronounced in Crow? My Crow friends may be mistaken, but this looks like a vulgar hoax and should not be tolerated among honest and decent people simply because it is convenient or comforting to Custer fans. I heard from Tom and Suzie Yellowtail and Sarge Old Horn, all Crow, what they as modern Indians thought of Custer and what they thoiyght of the "Sioux" and Cheyenne. The sentiments in the quiote were described in similar terms.

]]> By: Sharon H http://www.historynet.com/ten-myths-of-the-little-bighorn.htm#comment-880728 Sharon H Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:54:42 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680743#comment-880728 Yes, this has been true throughout the history of mankind all over the world. It is just the nature of things. A people are overrun and conquered. Then another group comes along and the cycle begins again. The current trend to blame the evil whites is ridiculous. It is just history repeating and repeating itself. I believe it is in the genes of homo sapiens everywhere. As Joe Little Bear stated, the Sioux had driven the Crows from their land. Previous to that, the Chippewas had done the same thing to the Sioux, forcing the latter out onto the plains where they encountered the Crow. A lot of people who aren't that much into history don't realize the Sioux were actually a woodlands tribe and their famous (and very interesting) culture was relatively new and lasted for just over 150 years. Yes, this has been true throughout the history of mankind all over the world. It is just the nature of things. A people are overrun and conquered. Then another group comes along and the cycle begins again.

The current trend to blame the evil whites is ridiculous. It is just history repeating and repeating itself. I believe it is in the genes of homo sapiens everywhere.

As Joe Little Bear stated, the Sioux had driven the Crows from their land. Previous to that, the Chippewas had done the same thing to the Sioux, forcing the latter out onto the plains where they encountered the Crow. A lot of people who aren't that much into history don't realize the Sioux were actually a woodlands tribe and their famous (and very interesting) culture was relatively new and lasted for just over 150 years.

]]> By: fred http://www.historynet.com/ten-myths-of-the-little-bighorn.htm#comment-880440 fred Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:55:05 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680743#comment-880440 Thanks for your input Joe Little Bear. It annoys me to no end that the Sioux portray themselves as innocent victims in the war on the plains when in fact they were just recieving what they had dished out to the other tribes for hundreds of years (taking land and exterminatation of opponents). Granted the European immigrant changed the dynamics of the whole place but at least there has been peace for everyone since the 1890's. In the grander scheme of things there is not a people group on earth that has not been over-run by another people group at one time or another. Only in this country can people find money in harboring resentment. Thanks for your input Joe Little Bear. It annoys me to no end that the Sioux portray themselves as innocent victims in the war on the plains when in fact they were just recieving what they had dished out to the other tribes for hundreds of years (taking land and exterminatation of opponents). Granted the European immigrant changed the dynamics of the whole place but at least there has been peace for everyone since the 1890's. In the grander scheme of things there is not a people group on earth that has not been over-run by another people group at one time or another. Only in this country can people find money in harboring resentment.

]]> By: fred http://www.historynet.com/ten-myths-of-the-little-bighorn.htm#comment-880419 fred Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:40:41 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680743#comment-880419 Concur with your assessment with regard to N. Miles. After the LBH the Indians scattered. All the Army columns stayed in the field throughout the rest of the summer looking for them and found nothing until Slim Buttes sometime in the fall, and then only a small part of the original village was engaged. Nelson Miles primarily relied on his walk a heaps (infantry) and successfully employed a few pieces of artillery as opposed to the hollywood version of the Calvary. Concur with your assessment with regard to N. Miles. After the LBH the Indians scattered. All the Army columns stayed in the field throughout the rest of the summer looking for them and found nothing until Slim Buttes sometime in the fall, and then only a small part of the original village was engaged. Nelson Miles primarily relied on his walk a heaps (infantry) and successfully employed a few pieces of artillery as opposed to the hollywood version of the Calvary.

]]> By: Joe Little Bear http://www.historynet.com/ten-myths-of-the-little-bighorn.htm#comment-877548 Joe Little Bear Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:29:54 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680743#comment-877548 I am Crow and I wish to state the Sioux stole our land and that is why we supported the soldiers and Custer as scouts. The Sioux and Cheyenne were terrorist who wiped out whole villages of Crow. They do not belong in the Black Hills. I am Crow and I wish to state the Sioux stole our land and that is why we supported the soldiers and Custer as scouts. The Sioux and Cheyenne were terrorist who wiped out whole villages of Crow. They do not belong in the Black Hills.

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