Annotated Bibliography
Primary Sources
Author Unknown. “New York Times Account.” New York Times. 6,
July
1876.
This is another newspaper from the time of the battle.
It gives me a first hand account of what the reporter saw at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Author Unknown. “The
Massacre by the Sioux Indians.” The Scotsman. 18 July,1876. Pg. 3
This Newspaper article was released just three weeks after the
Battle of Little Bighorn.
It is pretty bias against the Indians. This represents what the United States was reading after the battle.
Buffalo Bill
- the Scout, Cody, Wyoming. Personal photograph by Long
Family. August
21, 2005.
This was a personal photograph I used in the “Expanding West”
section of my website.
Clifford, C.Walter, Diary of Captain W. Clifford,
June 26 – August 10, 1876.
This diary allowed me to understand what the remains of the Battle of Little Bighorn were
like and what was going through the minds of the soldiers trying to identify the many dead bodies. I found a quote within the diary that I used in the Battle
of Little Bighorn section of my website.
Little Bighorn Battlefield
National Monument, Personal photographs. by Long
Family. August, 2005.
The background photo on my home page was taken at the National
Battlefield. I used all of the photos of the Battlefield today in the “Little
Bighorn Photo Album” section of my website.
Plains Buffalo, Wyoming. Personal photograph by Long Family. August.
2005.
This personal photo shows the size and characteristics
of plains buffalo. I used this personal photo in my website on the page titled “A
Way of Life Worth Fighting For”.
Plains Indians artifacts, Southwest Museum
of the American Indian, Los
Angeles. Personal photograph by Ryan Long. 18 Dec. 2005.
The Buffalo
Horn Headdress was worn by the Sioux Indians in various battle they fought. This headdress is an example of how spiritual the plains Indians were and how much they believed superstition. I took a picture of this headdress and used the personal photo in my website on the
page titled “A Way of Life Worth
Fighting For”.
The photo of Sioux Buffalo
Skin Clothing is one of my personal photographs that I used in the section “A way of Life Worth
Fighting For”. It was an example of how the plain Indians used the buffalo.
Hardoff, Richard. Lakota Recollections
of the Custer Fight New Sources of Indian Military History Spokane, Washington: University of Nebraska
Press, 1997.
The many interviews of Sioux Indians in this book gave me some insight on the
Indians perspective of the Battle of Little Bighorn and their
ideas and thoughts on this topic. This book helped me picture what the Battle was like based on what the Sioux Warriors said.
Kicking Bear. The Battle of Little Bighorn. Southwest Museum, Los Angeles.
Kicking Bear made this drawing years after The Battle of Little Bighorn. It shows accurate
perspective of the battle. It shows the fierceness and intensity of the battle
by the graphic violence drawn in the picture. I have a postcard of the drawing
by Kicking Bear that I used in my website in the” Little Bighorn: The Aftermath” section.
United States Congress. The Fort Laramie Treaty, signed
April 29, 1868.
The treaty shows the agreement made by the United
States Government and the Sioux Indians. The United
States ended up breaking this treaty. It helps
me understand how the battle came about and why the Indians were so angry at the government for cheating
them.
Secondary Sources
I used a picture of a Custer from this site.
It is seen on my homepage.
Brown, Dee. Showdown at Little Bighorn. New York: Putnam, 1964.
This book was very interesting. The
Author writes it as a story, using information from letters, interviews, and other sources.
I learned what Custer was thinking when he left the Gatling guns behind, and about the Seventh
Cavalry and what they were like. I also used pictures from this book on the The Battle of Little Bighorn page.
Davis, Kenneth C. Don’t Know Much About American History. New York, New York: University of Nebraska Press, 1984.
This book provided a good quote from Crazy Horse that I used in my project.
English, June and Jones D. Thomas.
Scholastic Encyclopedia of the United States at War Broadway, New York: Scholastic Inc., 1998.
The Indian Wars section in this book gave me a general idea of what the battle was about
when I was still choosing my topic. It provided me with information about the
many different battles throughout the Indian wars and also
used an Indian Land
Poster from this book. It provided me with many pictures such as Curly, the scout,
the Gatling gun, and Custer in the Black Hills Expedition.
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook
For Writing Research Papers Sixth Edition. New York, New York: The Modern
Language Association of America, 2003.
This book is a great help for writing a research paper and compiling a bibliography. It is a good source for formatting. I
will use it during future projects.
Little Bighorn, the Untold Story. A and E Television
Networks, 1999.
The Little Bighorn documentary I watched was helpful and one of my most useful
sources because it gave me information on what Custer was like, and what his plan was to attack the Indians. It also gave me some very good quotes from the Indians and the United States
Calvary that I used in my website by audio.
Miller, James and Thomson, John.
Almanac of American History.
Washington D.C: National
Geographic, 2005.
This book provided me with information on the down fall
of the Indians and how they
were forced onto reservations.
Nebraskastudies.org "1924 Indian Citizen Act" www.nebraskastudies.org
March 7, 2006.
This web site was used to gather information about
Indian citizenship.
Nightengale, Robert. “Custer’s Last Stand Still
Stands Up” Wild West
August, 2005: 39
This magazine article gave me a complete history of the Battle of Little Bighorn itself. It gave me
knowledge on Custer and his background and some of the biggest mistakes he made that led to an Indian Victory and his death.
Perrottet, Tony. “Little Bighorn Reborn” Smithsonian April,
2005: 90
The magazine gave much information on the Little Bighorn Battlefield. It told what is was like today as a tourist attraction and national battlefield.
Reece, Bob. Email Interview. Dec. 2, 2005.
This email interview allowed me to ask some of the specific questions I had about the battle
of Little Bighorn to Bob Reece. He is the president of the Friends of the Little
Bighorn organization. Mr. Reece also referred me to a good timeline I used to
help me with the timeline that is part of my website.
Rice, Earl Jr. The Battle of the Little Bighorn. Lucient Books, inc.: San
Diego .CA, 1998
I used the quote, "The only good Indians I ever saw were dead!” a picture of General
Sheridan, George Crook, picture of Indian Scouts Custer, and items for time line
information.
This website provided me with a picture of Sitting Bull I used on my home page.
The Battle of Little Bighorn.” National Park Service. Little
Bighorn National
Battlefield, Garryowen,
Montana.1 Sept, 2005.
This source was useful to me because the Park Ranger that gave a lecture that peaked my interest in this topic. He made me want to find out more. Since we were there at the battlefield, the ranger was able to point out
key areas that were important. This helped me understand what the battle was
really like.
“The Battle of Little Bighorn.” Little Bighorn
Battlefield National Monument
May 2000 http://www.nps.gov/libi/battle.html. Oct.25, 2005.
I used an excerpt from this
website as part of my home page and the Battle of Little Bighorn:
The Aftermath page.
Welch, James and Stekler, Paul. Killing Custer. London: W.W Norton and Company, 1994.
This book contained great information and many pictures..
My website uses many of the great pictures found in this book. Sitting Bull and Buffalo
Bill photograph.
Zimmer, Hans. "Gortoz A Ran - J'Attends."
Perf. Prigent and Gerrard.
Black Hawk Down. Decca Records, 2002.
This song is playing continuously on the homepage of my website.
