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The area commemorates the fallen troops of General Custer (and their horses, which they shot to make improv bunkers). Custer and his men were out there to clear the Lakota (Sioux), Cree, and others off of their homeland. Roger Manning's song "War Museum Blues" says it best:

look out
look out when youre up against people who aint got much more to lose
big powwow little bighorn
you gotta watch your back when you back people like that into a corner
big powow little bighorn
the cavalry blundered despite tons of arrogance
they were way out numbered
...
died on the hill
clutching money in their hands
montana
the cops sure got their ass kicked here

So it was with a kind of repulsion that I viewed these monuments to men who died in a crazed attempt to clear thousands of people out of their homes. I did notice a new addition to the monument, one for the natives who lost their lives. This area, ablaze with prayer flags, was strangely tucked out of sight, it is sortof inside a hollowed out hill.

Of other note there, I saw a very intense Vanagon camper. Left a note under the wiper, hoping to meet up with them down the road but never saw them again.