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This essay analyzes the extraordinary drawings of Red Horse, a Minneconjou warrior who fought at the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, to provide insights into what warfare was like without just war doctrine or the laws of armed conflict to place constraints on violence. The artist's candid vision of the battle and its aftermath portrays the indiscriminant brutality of the Great Sioux War, the disrespect given to a hated enemy, and the lingering desire for revenge. But the drawings also reveal the pride of victory and the trauma of defeat. In addition to providing a window into the past, the Red Horse drawings provide a lens to help us understand the atrocities committed by the Islamic State and Al Qaeda today and a mirror that can help us more clearly see ourselves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, the author examines whether U.S. soldier Gustave Korn survived the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana, during which a group of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors annihilated a group of U.S. Army cavalry led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. The author begins by explaining the large number of people who have claimed to be the sole survivor of the battle. He goes on to note Korn's alleged service in Company I of the U.S. Army's Seventh Cavalry, which fought in the battle, and his claim that while serving during the battle his horse became frightened and bolted, allowing him to escape and join the command of Major Marcus Reno.

The article discusses the personal recollections of Susan Iron Teeth (1834-1928), or Mah-l-ti-wo-nee-ni, a Northern Cheyenne woman who lived through the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877, was exiled with her people to Oklahoma, and returned to a reservation in Montana in 1879. Her story, recorded by physician Thomas B. Marquis, is the only eyewitness account of the return trek of the Northern Cheyenne, and one of the few perspectives of an Indian woman on the personal sacrifices and struggle for survival of her people. The broader history of the Northern Cheyenne and their relations with whites is also discussed.