lies Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, the site where 263 soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry fought thousands of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors in June of 1876, a battle commonly ...

This story appears in the June 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Fifty years after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, survivors gather in Montana. The men—including 82-year-old Brig.

Part 3 explores Sitting Bull’s legendary role in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where his leadership and strategy led to one of the most significant victories in Native American history.