Program Outline
Day 1
- Orientation + framework: Crow culture and history in the 19th century (kinship and land)
- Historical context prior to the battle: Sioux and Cheyenne expansion into Crow Country (1840s–1870s)
- Why the Crows fought with the U.S. Army
- Battle of Pryor Creek
- Council at the Second Agency and enlistment of Crow scouts (April 1876)
Day 2
- Battle of the Rosebud and the Crow auxiliaries/scouts (June 17, 1876)
- Overview of the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the role/actions of the Crow scouts
- Ancestor scout stories: biographies, oral history, reflections 150 years later (descendants panel)
- The aftermath: Curley and the Far West; news on Pryor Creek; Crow reoccupy Crow Country
- Narratives and false narratives (panel)
- Capstone panel
Optional Day 3 • Bus Tour (Proposed)
- Sunrise: The Crow’s Nest
- Reno Creek Road and Lone Tipi site
- Route into the valley; engagement sites
- Curley’s cabin site
- Reno-Benteen Defense Site
- Battle Ridge / Last Stand Hill viewpoint
- Far West meeting point near Hardin
- Crow village at Pryor Creek (return and news)