How bout them halftime adjustments? Oct 12, 2009
Does the name George Armstrong Custer ring a bell. A lot of you seem to actually want Little Big Horn for this team. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Loss Of Top Predators Causes Ecosystem Collapse Oct 4, 2009
"I've read that when Gen. George Armstrong Custer came into the Black Hills in 1874, he noticed a scarcity of coyotes and the abundance of wolves. Now the wolves are gone in many places and coyotes are killing thousands of sheep all over the West.". "We are just barely beginning to appreciate the impact of losing our top predators," he said. (Science Daily)
Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, Aeronaut Sep 21, 2009
A young officer, George Armstrong Custer, even took an observation flight. But the U.S. Balloon Corps ended in 1863. (Suite101.com)
Math academy incorporates Native culture Aug 14, 2009
He did what a warrior was supposed to do, said Bill Ten Fingers, leaning slightly on a cane and talking about the man who many say killed Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. And then Ten Fingers threw in some math. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Crow Chief receives Medal of Freedom Aug 13, 2009
Medicine Crow's grandfather served as a scout for the doomed forces of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. Medicine Crow was nominated for the presidential medal by Sen. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Everyday life exposed - Photos reflect early Montana as seen through the eyes of ordinary people Aug 4, 2009
A nephew of Sitting Bull, White Bull described to a biographer in 1934 the desperate hand-to-hand struggle he had with George Armstrong Custer on the bluff above the Little Big Horn in 1876. According to Stanley Vestal s interpretation, the struggle ended when White Bull grabbed Custer s carbine and shot him in the chest. (Missoulian, MT)
CROW TRIBE: Medal of Freedom going to war chief Jul 31, 2009
Medicine Crow's grandfather served as a scout for the doomed forces of Gen. George Armstrong Custer. Medicine Crow lives with his family in the remote southeastern Montana town of Lodge Grass. (Missoulian, MT)
Called home: Native Americans pursue the return of ancestral remains to places of origin for reburial Jun 29, 2009
On the morning of June 25, 1876, the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, under the leadership of George Armstrong Custer, descended over the combined encampment of Lakota and Northern Cheyenne tribes on the eastern plains of Montana. In the blood-drenched battle that ensued, army regiments quickly fell in defeat to Indian warriors under the command of chiefs Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Gall. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Military Milestones from Crazy Horse to LeMay's Feed and Coal Company Jun 24, 2009
June 25, 1876: The battle of the Little Big Horn opens between a few hundred U.S. Army cavalry troopers under the command of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and thousands of allied Lakota and Cheyenne Indian warriors under the command of Crazy Horse and Chief Gall. Also known as Custer s last stand, the battle will result in the encirclement and total annihilation of Custer and his vastly outnumbered command. (Human Events Online)
Drama at the fort Jun 22, 2009
During evenings at the fort, the soldiers and laundresses would perform songs and melodramas for the other soldiers, officers, and Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and his wife, Libbie. The fort was officially abandoned in 1891. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
National monument gears up for 133rd anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn Jun 21, 2009
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer re-enactor Steve Alexander to ride to Last Stand Hill with mounted soldiers 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.. Custer Battlefield Museum and History Association wreath laying ceremony at Reno Hill at 9 a.m. and Last Stand Hill at 9:30 a.m.. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Fort Laramie in Wyoming to commemorate 175 years later this month Jun 16, 2009
The American government broke the treaty within six years and a war ensued, including the annihilation of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer s Army detachment at the Battle of Little Bighorn. One building you won t find on the grounds is the original Fort William. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Custer toy makes for Not-So-Happy meals Jun 16, 2009
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer was killed in 1876 along the Little Big Horn River by Native Americans he aimed to destroy. But Hollywood brought him back to life as a character in the Ben Stiller comedy "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," which opened in theaters May 22. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Montana town offers to take Guantanamo prisoners Jun 1, 2009
Hardin situated about an hour s drive from Billings on the edge of the Crow Indian Reservation, is not far from the Little Bighorn, where the 7th Cavalry s Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer made his last stand in an 1876 battle with hundreds of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. The town is beset with high unemployment and a poverty rate double the national average. (Menomonie Dunn County News, WI)
'Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian': Full House, By Kurt Loder May 23, 2009
Upon arriving, Larry faces off against these characters with his own team, which includes Octavius and Jedediah, a living bust of Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), life-size Indian-fighter George Armstrong Custer (Bill Hader) and a capuchin monkey who may also be a holdover from the first film, although with simian performers it's hard to tell. Also weighing in on the action are Attila the Hun, Darth Vader, Oscar the Grouch, a pack of bobblehead Albert Einstein dolls and the very large president... (VHI.com -- Music News)
* [ FILM REVIEW] : A must-see Museum May 22, 2009
That hardly seems like a fair fight since Larrys comrades are either miniature (Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan reprising their roles), deluded lunatics (Bill Hader as General George Armstrong Custer) or Neanderthals. Battle of the Smithsonian awakens statues, paintings and the nearby Lincoln Memorial, and an escape into Life magazines 1945 photo of a sailor kissing a nurse on VJ Day is a brilliant, monochromatic move. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
'Night at the Museum 2' exhibits excessive chaos May 21, 2009
Levy brings back favorites from the first movie and introduces legions of new characters, from Pharaoh Kahmunrah (Hank Azaria) to Gen. George Armstrong Custer (Bill Hader), Ivan the Terrible (Christopher Guest) and Einstein bobble-heads (Eugene Levy). Ben Stiller's Larry Daley, who has gone from night guard to corporate honcho, is called on to rescue his exhibit friends being put in storage at the Smithsonian. (USA Today -- Life)
Advocates: right time for mining law reform May 14, 2009
WASHINGTON - When Congress approved the rules governing the nation's mining operations, Ulysses S. Grant was in the White House, George Armstrong Custer was fighting Native Americans and Congress was looking for ways to encourage greater settlement of the nation's vast frontier ... When Congress approved the rules governing the nation's mining operations, Ulysses S. Grant was in the White House and George Armstrong Custer was fighting Native Americans ... WASHINGTON - When Congress approved the... (Juneau Empire)
Ag Research Center closing in on goal Apr 14, 2009
The defeat of Col. George Armstrong Custer at Little Big Horn in 1876 and the Battle of the Bear s Paw, where the Nez Perce finally surrendered to the U.S. Army in 1877, led to the construction of the fort. The fort, the largest in the country west of the Mississippi, was operated by the U.S. Army until it was abandoned in 1911. (Havre Daily News, MT)
When stimulus worked Mar 25, 2009
General George Armstrong Custer discovered Sitting Bulls encampment on the Little Bighorn River. Hundreds of Lakota warriors overwhelmed his troops, killing them to the last man in a battle called Custers Last Stand. (Boerne Star, TX)
