A circle of calvary troops dying to the last man is at the heart of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in the dry, horizon-filling plains of eastern Montana. The truth about the events of that June in 1876 is often lost amidst the legend of Colonel George Custer and his last stand. The story of how the Plains Indians scored their overwhelming victory at what they called the Battle of Greasy Grass and the events that led up to it, including Custer’s genocidal campaign against Native Americans, are told here, putting the battle into context.