Hope you’re getting how cool Battlefield Rose is. Do you think we could roll down a dirt road or two, recounting the history & locales of the Indian Wars of America in 1876 and stay engaged? I think so. Sitting Bull’s bid to stay 100% free of reservation life, not relying on the whites for coffee or sugar, was clearly celebrated by his people. Yet, the wasichus, the white settlers, and especially the great white Chief in Washington, clearly had a different take.
Rose pointed to the horizon often, citing where mountain ranges came together, where Custer split from Benteen, and where each of the columns of soldiers originated in their Spring 1876 mission to push the remaining “Hostiles” onto the reservations. It all kicks off when Two Stars, General George Cook, attacks a sleepy Cheyenne camp along the Powder River on March 17th. Red Cloud, the venerated Oglala Chief, fought for years along with the Cheyenne and Arapaho to protect the tribal hunting grounds along the Bozeman trail. Red Cloud established the Lakotas as the only nation to ever defeat the United States of America on its own soil. But that was a decade before, 1868-1868, with Red Cloud at this point on the reservation, soon attending Catholic Mass, peace be with him & his relatives.
There are deffo some esoteric LIBI points weaved into these videos, one being the Lone Tipi. This deserted frame contained the burial scaffold of a Sans Arc Lakota warrior, Old She-Bear, from the earlier Battle of the Rosebud, on June 17th. Custer paused here to give Major Marcus Reno his final orders to advance and attack the Indian village. I like how Rose points out, with her fingers, how facts and truths may or may not fall together. More on the Native people of the Americas living their best, traditional life soon. In the meantime, come on out this weekend for the very same Ceremonial purification ritual they practiced with regularity. If not, we’ll see you in October, November, or December. Aho Matakuye O’yasin! (We’re related)