<P> The Battle of the Little Bighorn , known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and commonly referred to among white Americans as Custer 's Last Stand , was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota , Northern Cheyenne , and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army . The battle , which resulted in the defeat of US forces , was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876 . It took place on June 25 -- 26 , 1876 , along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory . </P>
<P> The Battle of the Little Bighorn , known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and commonly referred to among white Americans as Custer 's Last Stand , was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota , Northern Cheyenne , and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army . The battle , which resulted in the defeat of US forces , was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876 . It took place on June 25 -- 26 , 1876 , along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory . </P>
when was the battle of little bighorn fought
when was the battle of little bighorn fought
June 25 -- 26 , 1876
June 25 -- 26 , 1876