Day 6

Dec 7
2002


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Woke up a little cold again, with the thermometer reading a blustery 14 degrees. We had our breakfast and started across Montana toward Little Bighorn Battlefield. We drove through the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation into the Crow Indian Reservation where the battlefield is located. The visitor’s center had some wonderful artifacts. It was very interesting. There were bunnies all over the place too. We went up to the battle hill where Custer fell and where they have the mass grave memorial standing. In the snow it was hard to see the markers around the countryside where the other soldiers fell. They are working on a Memorial for the Indians near the Custer Memorial. It was in the early stages but is supposed to be mostly finished in time for it’s dedication on June 25, 2003. It was really sad to think that these Indians who were attacked and forced into this reservation were also forced to house this memorial to their attacker’s and captors. At least they are finally getting a memorial of their own — 126 years later. From there it was a short drive up to Billings, MT where we were able to find a Best Buy to exchange our week-old camcorder (two days after buying it, it was saying that the heads were contaminated and needed cleaning, and it ruined several of the first clips we shot with it). We found us a hotel and relaxed for the night.