Little Bighorn Battlefield Artist Diarama Circa 1952.

Buffalo, Teddy Roosevelt National Park, ND

Distant Wind Tours provides the history enthusiast incredible exposure to the anatomy of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. It is my intent as a preeminent story teller and Ranger Emeritus, to provide you both an intellectual and visceral encounter of this dramatic confrontation.

This tour will put you on the ground, well beyond the bookshelf. We will uncover the last twenty-four hours of George Armstrong Custer’s life and retrace the 7th Cavalry’s decent into chaos and destruction. We will intimately examine the characters and events that shaped this epic battle.
As we follow the trail of this reconnaissance in force, tour attendees will view the landscape, identifying significant points along the trail as the command gathered information, making critical decisions as Custer fractured the regiment.

As your tour guide provides detailed accounts of the gathering storm, we will gain increasing insights into the timeline of this calamity. We will tour the battlefield proper, chronologically unfolding the story. We will expose you to the command and warrior movements, and the skirmishes as they intensified. From Reno’s attack on the village to Last Stand Hill. We will tell the story, and discuss the truth, speculation, controversy and myth.

In the end, anyone who takes this tour will leave with a profound understanding of this battle and an empathetic connection with both Native and Soldier testimonies. Testimonies that have opened windows to the triumph and tragedy of this showdown along the Little Bighorn.

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