An account of the legendary battle, told from a Lakota perspective, documents key Lakota oral traditions to reveal the nuanced complexities that led up to and followed the conflict. The saga of Custer's Last Stand has become ingrained in the lore of the American West, and the key players -- Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and George Armstrong Custer -- have grown to larger-than-life proportions. Now, award-winning historian Joseph M. Marshall presents the revisionist view of the Battle of the Little Bighorn that has been available only in the Lakota oral tradition. Drawing on this rich source of storytelling, Marshall uncovers what really took place at the Little Big Horn and provides fresh insight into the significance of that bloody day. -- Provided by publisher.

The greasy grass fight, or the Battle of the Little Bighorn, June 1876 -- To and from -- The greatest gathering ever -- In the beginning -- Grandmother -- Leading the way -- Follow me -- Zuya Wicasa (The Warriors) -- The long knives -- Weaponry -- They took the fat -- The aftermath begins -- Into the shadows -- At Wounded Knee -- Possibilities -- New ways, new worlds -- The "Conqueror's" mentality -- The twentieth century -- The twenty-first century -- The victor's road -- A story: remember.