The Battle of the Little Bighorn Symposium will bring together many of the leading authors and historians working on the battle today for a series of talks highlighting updated scholarship on the Little Bighorn—from new perspectives advancing our understanding of that consequential event, to fresh analysis that reinforces time-tested interpretations. In addition to the roster of speakers, the gathering will include book sales and signings, exhibitors, screenings of films and documentaries, and a menu of select battlefield tours (via motor coach from Billings).
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Partial list of the subject matter experts who have provisionally signed on for the 2023 symposium:
Paul Hedren, retired from a storied career with the National Park Service, and author of a long list of important works on the Great Sioux War, including Rosebud, June 17, 1876: Prelude to the Little Big Horn, Powder River: Disastrous Opening of the Great Sioux War, Traveler's Guide to the Great Sioux War, and After Custer: Loss and Transformation in Sioux Country.
Douglas D. Scott, retired supervisory archaeologist, Midwest Archeological Center (NPS), an authority on military archaeology, and author, or co-author of essential studies, including, They Died with Custer: Soldiers' Bones from the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and Uncovering History: Archaeological Investigations at the Little Bighorn.
Dr. Gregory Urwin, Professor of History at Temple University, and author or editor of nine books, including the classic, Custer Victorious: The Civil War Battles of General George Armstrong Custer
Sandy Barnard, author and co-author of many titles related to the Little Bighorn, including biographies of Custer, and Mark Kellogg, and photographic studies such as, Where Custer Fell: Photographs of the Little Bighorn Battlefield Then and Now
Michael Donahue, seasonal park ranger at the Little Bighorn for over 30 years, and author of two indispensable titles, Drawing Battle Lines: The Map Testimony of Custer's Last Fight, and, Where the Rivers Ran Red: The Indian Fights of George Armstrong Custer
Kingsley Bray, author of the acclaimed, Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life
Colonel Rodney G. Thomas, author of Rubbing Out Long Hair (Pehin Hanska Kasota): The American Indian Story of the Little Big Horn in Art, and the newly-released, Bíilaachia–White Swan, Crow Warrior, Custer Scout, American Artist
Donovin Sprague, historian and author, university instructor, enrolled member of the Minnicoujou Lakota, and lecturer on the Battle of the Greasy Grass from the Cheyenne Lakota perspective
Tim Lehman, professor of history at Rocky Mountain College, and author of Bloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations
Neil Mangum, former Chief Historian, and Superintendent at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, and author of Battle of the Rosebud: Prelude to the Little Big Horn
David Harrington, researcher and writer, and former acting Superintendent of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Paul Hedren, retired from a storied career with the National Park Service, and author of a long list of important works on the Great Sioux War, including Rosebud, June 17, 1876: Prelude to the Little Big Horn, Powder River: Disastrous Opening of the Great Sioux War, Traveler's Guide to the Great Sioux War, and After Custer: Loss and Transformation in Sioux Country.
Douglas D. Scott, retired supervisory archaeologist, Midwest Archeological Center (NPS), an authority on military archaeology, and author, or co-author of essential studies, including, They Died with Custer: Soldiers' Bones from the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and Uncovering History: Archaeological Investigations at the Little Bighorn.
Dr. Gregory Urwin, Professor of History at Temple University, and author or editor of nine books, including the classic, Custer Victorious: The Civil War Battles of General George Armstrong Custer
Sandy Barnard, author and co-author of many titles related to the Little Bighorn, including biographies of Custer, and Mark Kellogg, and photographic studies such as, Where Custer Fell: Photographs of the Little Bighorn Battlefield Then and Now
Michael Donahue, seasonal park ranger at the Little Bighorn for over 30 years, and author of two indispensable titles, Drawing Battle Lines: The Map Testimony of Custer's Last Fight, and, Where the Rivers Ran Red: The Indian Fights of George Armstrong Custer
Kingsley Bray, author of the acclaimed, Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life
Colonel Rodney G. Thomas, author of Rubbing Out Long Hair (Pehin Hanska Kasota): The American Indian Story of the Little Big Horn in Art, and the newly-released, Bíilaachia–White Swan, Crow Warrior, Custer Scout, American Artist
Donovin Sprague, historian and author, university instructor, enrolled member of the Minnicoujou Lakota, and lecturer on the Battle of the Greasy Grass from the Cheyenne Lakota perspective
Tim Lehman, professor of history at Rocky Mountain College, and author of Bloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations
Neil Mangum, former Chief Historian, and Superintendent at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, and author of Battle of the Rosebud: Prelude to the Little Big Horn
David Harrington, researcher and writer, and former acting Superintendent of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument