Brad D. Lookingbill is professor of history at Columbia College of Missouri, USA. He is the author of War Dance at Fort Marion: Plains Indian War Prisoners (2014) and The American Military: A Narrative History (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014) and the editor of American Military History: A Documentary Reader (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). Dr. Lookingbill has received several teaching awards, most recently the Eugene Asher Distinguished Teaching Award from the American Historical Association in 2010. Prior to pursuing a career in academia, Dr. Lookingbill served in the Army National Guard and Reserve.

"Each of the twenty-five authors that contributed to this volume brings solid credentials to the discussion. The fact that twenty-five authors and twenty-five different topics were required to provide a comprehensive overview of the battle adds additional strength to the Companion. It serves to emphasize how incredibly complex the 1876 campaign really was." (The Denver Westerners Roundup, May - June 2016)

• List of Illustrations viiiNotes on Contributors xAcknowledgments xivIntroduction 1Brad D. LookingbillPart I The Indians of the Northern Plains 111 The Lakota Sioux 13Rani‐Henrik Andersson2 The Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho 34Leo Killsback3 Patriot Chiefs 54Kurt Windisch4 The Native Way of War 74Daniel Sauerwein5 Auxiliaries and Scouts 92Adam R. HodgePart II The US Army in the Western Territories 1116 The Policies of War and Peace 113Bill Carney7 Forts on the Northern Plains 130Janne Lahti8 Army Life 148Robin S. Conner9 Women and Dependents 170Shannon D. Smith10 Technology and Tactics 188Andrew J. ForneyPart III The Making of George Armstrong Custer 20911 A Young General 211Mark Ehlers12 Commander in the West 229Jeff Broome13 The 7th Cavalry 246John R. Dreyer14 Elizabeth Bacon Custer 264Tonia M. ComptonPart IV Into the Valley 28315 The Convergence 285Debra J. Sheffer16 The Reno‐Benteen Site 302Wesley Moody III17 Custer’s Fight 318Bob Reece18 The Aftermath 341Alan M. AndersonPart V The Last Stand of Myth and Memory 36719 Native Traditions 369Carole A. Barrett20 The Press 387Hugh J. Reilly21 Popular Culture 404Rebecca S. Wingo22 Reenacting the Battle 423Jeremy M. Johnston23 The Legacy of Archaeology 445Douglas D. Scott24 A National Monument 462Douglas Seefeldt and Jason A. Heppler25 The Battle of History 485Michael WelshIndex 505

Brad D. Lookingbill is professor of history at Columbia College of Missouri, USA. He is the author of War Dance at Fort Marion: Plains Indian War Prisoners (2014) and The American Military: A Narrative History (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014) and the editor of American Military History: A Documentary Reader (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). Dr. Lookingbill has received several teaching awards, most recently the Eugene Asher Distinguished Teaching Award from the American Historical Association in 2010. Prior to pursuing a career in academia, Dr. Lookingbill served in the Army National Guard and Reserve.

"Each of the twenty-five authors that contributed to this volume brings solid credentials to the discussion. The fact that twenty-five authors and twenty-five different topics were required to provide a comprehensive overview of the battle adds additional strength to the Companion. It serves to emphasize how incredibly complex the 1876 campaign really was." (The Denver Westerners Roundup, May - June 2016)

• List of Illustrations viiiNotes on Contributors xAcknowledgments xivIntroduction 1Brad D. LookingbillPart I The Indians of the Northern Plains 111 The Lakota Sioux 13Rani‐Henrik Andersson2 The Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho 34Leo Killsback3 Patriot Chiefs 54Kurt Windisch4 The Native Way of War 74Daniel Sauerwein5 Auxiliaries and Scouts 92Adam R. HodgePart II The US Army in the Western Territories 1116 The Policies of War and Peace 113Bill Carney7 Forts on the Northern Plains 130Janne Lahti8 Army Life 148Robin S. Conner9 Women and Dependents 170Shannon D. Smith10 Technology and Tactics 188Andrew J. ForneyPart III The Making of George Armstrong Custer 20911 A Young General 211Mark Ehlers12 Commander in the West 229Jeff Broome13 The 7th Cavalry 246John R. Dreyer14 Elizabeth Bacon Custer 264Tonia M. ComptonPart IV Into the Valley 28315 The Convergence 285Debra J. Sheffer16 The Reno‐Benteen Site 302Wesley Moody III17 Custer’s Fight 318Bob Reece18 The Aftermath 341Alan M. AndersonPart V The Last Stand of Myth and Memory 36719 Native Traditions 369Carole A. Barrett20 The Press 387Hugh J. Reilly21 Popular Culture 404Rebecca S. Wingo22 Reenacting the Battle 423Jeremy M. Johnston23 The Legacy of Archaeology 445Douglas D. Scott24 A National Monument 462Douglas Seefeldt and Jason A. Heppler25 The Battle of History 485Michael WelshIndex 505