Performing Arts Custer's last stand

[TonyField]

Sharon Polluck wrote the play "Walsh" for presentation in 1973, about the Souix migration to Canada lead by Sitting Bull after the defeat of General Custer at the 1876 battle of the Little Big Horn. Sitting Bull was met by Colonel Walsh of the North West Mounted Police at the Canadian border. Walsh and Sitting Bull became close friends. At the memorial site in southeast Montana for the battle you could hear two distinctly different accounts of the history from USA federal staff both of whom are university graduates in history: one was given by a native from the Souix tribe and the other by a non-native. History is largely determined by your personal point of view.

Here are some shots of the first and second productions of the play in 1973 and 1976

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[bdbits]

I live about an hour north of the Standing Rock reservation, where Sitting Bull was killed and, at least originally, buried. There is some controversy about where his remains actually are located today. The historical tensions with the Sioux from that time still exist, the most recent example being the fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) a few years ago, as well as the forced name change for the University of North Dakota sports teams.