If one travels to Little Bighorn Battlefield National Park in late June, one can witness at least three events that simultaneously take place each year commemorating what has been called “one of the great mythic and mysterious military battles of American history” (Frosch, 2010). The National Park Service rangers give “battle talks” on the hour to visiting tourists. Two miles away, the privately run U.S. Cavalry School also performs a scripted reenactment called “Custer’s Last Ride”—with riders who have been practicing all week to play the role of soldiers from the doomed regiment of Custer’s 7th Cavalry. On this same day, a traveling band of men, women, and youth from the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Nations who have journeyed by horseback and convoy from the Dakotas and Wyoming will reach Last Stand Hill to remember this “Victory Day” from 1876—one that historians have called the “last stand of the Indians” during the period of conflict known as the “Great Sioux War.” This photo essay offers an autoethnographic account of what some have dubbed the annual “Victory Ride” to Montana based upon my participation as a non-Native supporter of this Ride in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

如果有人在6月下旬前往小比格霍恩战场国家公园，每年至少可以见证三场同时发生的事件，以纪念所谓的“美国历史上最伟大的神话和神秘军事斗争之一”（Frosch，2010年） 。国家公园管理局护林员在一个小时内向来访的游客进行“战斗对话”。在两英里之外，私人经营的美国骑兵学校还进行了脚本重演，称为“卡斯特的最后一次骑行”，骑手们整周都在练习扮演卡斯特第7骑兵注定的军团士兵。在同一天，来自夏安北部拉科塔的一群男女青年 从达科他州和怀俄明州乘马和护送的阿拉帕霍民族将到达最后立场山，以纪念1876年的“胜利纪念日”。在冲突期间，历史学家称之为“印第安人的最后立场”。 “苏苏大战”。这张照片散文根据一些我在2017年，2018年和2019年作为非本地支持者的参与而提供了关于蒙大拿州年度胜利骑行的自传。