Where the evidence is attributed testimony rather than confirmed first-person account, this is noted.

The distinction between what she said in her own testimony and what others attributed to her is maintained throughout.

No invented dialogue, fabricated thoughts, or unsupported cinematic reenactments appear in this article.

Descriptions of the battle are based on documented accounts; uncertainty is acknowledged where it exists.

The Battle of Little Bighorn remains a subject of active historical scholarship, and some aspects of what happened — particularly the details of the fighting on the northern end of the battlefield where Custer’s command was destroyed — are likely to be debated indefinitely, given the absence of Army survivors.

The Lakota and Cheyenne accounts of these events are treated here as serious historical evidence, which they are.