Moving Robe Woman (Tȟašína Máni) — The Hunkpapa Lakota Woman Who Rode Into The Battle Of Little Bighorn After Learning Her Brother Had Been Killed

The Battle of Little Bighorn was fought on ground that remained, after the battle, in U.S. government hands.

The battlefield became a national monument — originally called the Custer Battlefield National Monument, renamed the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in 1991 — and has been the subject of extensive archaeological investigation.

The most significant archaeological work followed a grass fire in August 1983 that burned off the vegetation covering the battlefield and made surface artifacts visible for the first time in decades.

The systematic investigation that followed — led by archaeologists including Richard Fox and Douglas Scott — used metal detectors, systematic survey, and excavation to document the physical evidence left on the battlefield.