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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSENATE RESOLUTION 795—COMMEMORATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN
Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Sheehy) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
S. Res. 795
Whereas June 25, 2026, marks the 150th anniversary of the
Battle of the Little Bighorn;
Whereas the Battle of the Little Bighorn marked a pivotal
moment in the Great Sioux War and the American Indian Wars;
Whereas the battle is known as the Battle of Greasy Grass
by many tribes;
Whereas the Great Sioux War was the culmination of rising
tensions between the United States Government, Tribal
Nations, including the Lakota Sioux, the Northern Cheyenne,
and the Arapaho, and settlers seeking gold in the Black
Hills;
Whereas, in 1868, the United States Government and many
leaders of the Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne signed the
Treaty of Fort Laramie, which established the Great Sioux
Reservation in South Dakota and recognized additional hunting
territories;
Whereas, following the discovery of gold in the Black
Hills, increasing numbers of miners and settlers entered
lands protected under the Treaty of Fort Laramie,
contributing to growing conflict in the region;
Whereas the Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne who opposed
the Fort Laramie Treaty began moving west into unceded
territory and the territory of other Tribal Nations;
Whereas the Commissioner of Indian Affairs declared as
hostile all Lakota Sioux who had left the reservation and
required the Armed Forces, including Lieutenant Colonel
George Armstrong Custer and his cavalry, to contain the
Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne;
Whereas the Battle of the Rosebud preceded the events at
the Little Bighorn, preventing General George Crook and his
troops from advancing;
Whereas, after the Battle of the Rosebud, General Crook and
his troops withdrew from the area, leaving them unable to
assist the United States Army's 7th Cavalry, but avoided
greater losses due to the battlefield heroics of his
Apsaalooke and Shoshone warriors;
Whereas the 7th Cavalry was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
George Armstrong Custer, previously a Brevet Major General in
the Union Army during the Civil War;
Whereas Lieutenant Colonel Custer, with Major Marcus Reno
and Captain Frederick Benteen, assembled the 7th Cavalry,
which included their battalions and Apsaalooke and Arikara
warriors, who were employed as scouts for the United States
Army;
Whereas Lieutenant Colonel Custer sent Indian warriors
ahead to survey the Little Bighorn Valley and report back
information about a large village of Sioux and Cheyenne;
Whereas Lieutenant Colonel Custer and the 12 companies of
the 7th Cavalry created a plan to attack the village based on
the information provided by the warriors;
Whereas the Indian forces were led by Tribal leaders
Sitting Bull (Hunkpapa Lakota) and Crazy Horse (Oglala
Sioux), as well as Chief Gall (Hunkpapa) and Two Moons
(Northern Cheyenne), among many other prominent warriors;
Whereas the battle took place along the Little Bighorn
River in southeastern Montana on June 25 and 26, 1876;
Whereas Major Reno's battalion was overwhelmed by the
Indian forces and forced to retreat, while Lieutenant Colonel
Custer and his 5 companies continued north to situate
themselves along Calhoun Hill and Last Stand Hill;
Whereas roughly 40 troopers were left on Last Stand Hill
under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Custer when they were
overwhelmed by the Indian forces, leaving no survivors;
Whereas approximately 268 soldiers, warrior scouts, and
civilians and an estimated 60 to 100 Sioux and Cheyenne
warriors died;
Whereas, in 1881, a memorial was placed by the Department
of War and was transferred to the National Park Service in
1940;
Whereas the memorial was officially designated the “Custer
Battlefield Monument” in 1946;
Whereas, on December 10, 1991, Public Law 102-201 (16
U.S.C. 431 note) was enacted into law, renaming the monument
the “Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument”;
Whereas more than 200,000 visitors from across the United
States and around the world visit the monument each year to
learn about the battle and its legacy;
Whereas the Battle of the Little Bighorn remains
significant to the Tribal Nations whose ancestors fought and
died during the battle and the Great Sioux War; and
Whereas the monument is home to the Custer National
Cemetery, where approximately 5,000 members of the Armed
Forces, veterans, and their families, including those that
died during the battle, are buried: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
(1) recognizes the 150th anniversary and the historical
significance of the Battle of the Little Bighorn to the
shared history of all participants;
(2) honors all the soldiers, scouts, civilians, and
warriors who died at the battle; and
(3) encourages the people of the United States to visit the
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument to commemorate
and honor the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Little
Bighorn.