The political context — the violation of the Fort Laramie Treaty, the gold rush in the Black Hills, the ultimatum issued to force the Lakota onto reservations — was minimized or ignored.

And the women in the camp — the women who had been the target of Reno’s charge, who had fled with their children when the soldiers came, who had fought back when the fighting reached them — were invisible.

The story of Little Bighorn, as told by American culture for a century, had no room for Moving Robe Woman.

THE AFTERMATH FOR THE LAKOTA AND CHEYENNE

The victory at Little Bighorn was real and significant.