HER TESTIMONY IN CONTEXT

The interview in which Moving Robe Woman gave her account of Little Bighorn — the testimony that has entered the historical record as her voice — needs to be understood in its context.

Oral testimony recorded from Indigenous witnesses about the Battle of Little Bighorn was collected over many decades, by many different interviewers with many different interests and agendas.

Some interviewers were seeking confirmation of particular narratives.

Some were trying to document military history.