Highlights from Little Bighorn Battlefield Reenactment
You ll still chat with folks across Montana who haven t been to Glacier National Park, who haven t been to Yellowstone National Park. I know it sounds crazy, but think about it how many places or events in Montana have YOU still not been to? You just assume that you live here, so of course, you will see it, but then life passes you by.
I ve been to the Little Bighorn Battlefield a few times, starting when I was just a kid, but I had never been to the reenactment ceremony. So, I finally made it on Friday, and I have to say it is something that you have to see one of these years.
Jun 4, 2021
Montana is a state of superlatives. It’s home to some of the biggest, wildest, and most likely-to-amaze natural landscapes in the country. And Montana’s state and national parks exemplify this with various environments to explore. From iceberg lakes to thriving ghost towns, these state and federal lands highlight why Montana is known as the Last Best Place.
Montana’s best-known national park,
Glacier National Park, is one of those places everyone should visit in a lifetime. The northern tip of
Yellowstone National Park is also in Montana, including the steamy Mammoth Hot Springs area, and shares a similar must-see status. Other national park units in Montana include battlefields, monuments, and memorials.
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A Vision Realized on the 145th Anniversary of the Battle
The Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana was created to honor and recognize those American Indians who died to preserve their traditional way of life at the 1876 battle, as well as to provide a better understanding of the causes and consequences of what is popularly known as “Custer’s Last Stand.”
The Little Bighorn Battlefield Indian Memorial was dedicated on June 25, 2003, and rededicated on June 25, 2014, with the addition of interpretive panels representing all Native tribal combatants and scouts that participated in the June 25-26, 1876 battle. NPS.gov
Return the National Parks to the Tribes David Treuer
Image above: Glacier National Park, in Montana, as seen from the Blackfeet Reservation, near Duck Lake.
This article was published online on April 12, 2021.
I. The End Result of Dirty Business
In 1851, members of a California state militia called the Mariposa Battalion became the first white men to lay eyes on Yosemite Valley. The group was largely made up of miners. They had been scouring the western slopes of the Sierra when they happened upon the granite valley that Native peoples had long referred to as “the place of a gaping mouth.” Lafayette Bunnell, a physician attached to the militia, found himself awestruck. “None but those who have visited this most wonderful valley, can even imagine the feelings with which I looked upon the view,” he later wrote. “A peculiar exalted sensation seemed to fill my whole being, and I found my eyes in tears.” Many of those who have followed in Bunnell’s foot