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Custer's Last Stand ~ Battle of the Little Big Horn

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Feb 19, 2014 12:09:29 GMT -5
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Jan 25, 2014 16:47:19 GMT -5
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Feb 4, 2014 13:27:19 GMT -5
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Jan 28, 2014 13:26:48 GMT -5
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Nov 4, 2013 13:17:21 GMT -5
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May 30, 2018 10:02:31 GMT -5
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May 30, 2018 10:03:35 GMT -5

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4 23 The Crows
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Mar 1, 2013 19:44:20 GMT -5
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May 7, 2010 10:12:34 GMT -5
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Nov 27, 2011 18:34:13 GMT -5
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May 12, 2010 13:25:27 GMT -5
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Apache, incomplete...

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1 7 Apaches
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Dec 27, 2013 20:48:10 GMT -5
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Comanche, Apache, Pine Ridge, Kiowa,

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Nov 11, 2012 20:11:14 GMT -5
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1 7 First Sergeant Henry Johnson
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Feb 3, 2013 19:20:35 GMT -5
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Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Comanche

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