The battle at what is now called Custer Hill lasted probably less than an hour.

Custer and all five companies under his direct command were killed.

Two hundred and ten men died in the space of less than sixty minutes.

The Cheyenne oral tradition holds that Buffalo Calf Road Woman was present at the Little Bighorn.

What role she played — whether she fought, whether she was primarily present to support the community, whether she participated in the final action on Custer Hill — is preserved in Northern Cheyenne oral tradition in a way that cannot be fully corroborated by external records.

But it must be acknowledged and presented with the respect it deserves as a form of historical record.

SECTION 7: THE ORAL TRADITION — WHAT THE CHEYENNE REMEMBER

Here we must be careful and honest, in the way that good historical work always requires.

The written historical records of the Battle of the Little Bighorn are extensive — survivor accounts, official reports, subsequent investigations, decades of scholarly analysis.

These records do not mention Buffalo Calf Road Woman.