Federally recognized Native American tribes often have direct jurisdiction over their own lands. Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (THPOs) play a critical role in historic preservation on these tribal lands. Like their counterparts in State Historic Preservation Offices, THPOs survey, evaluate, and nominate significant historic buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects to the National Register of Historic Places. THPOs can also assist you in learning about historic preservation financial incentives such as tax credit programs and provide you with technical assistance for preserving a historic property.
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Rosebud Battlefield/Where the Girl Saved Her Brother, MT: The Battle of the Rosebud/Where the Girl Saved Her Brother was a significant turning point in the Great Sioux War that affected the course of the entire conflict between the U.S. Army forces and the Lakota-Northern Cheyenne coalition in 1876 and 1877. Specifically, the battle ruined the army's strategy of launching a three-pronged attack on the tribes' village on the Little Bighorn River. Eight days prior to Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer's defeat at Little Bighorn, Northern Cheyennes and Lakotas from the Little Bighorn village unexpectedly attacked Brigadier General George Crook's troops at Rosebud Creek on June 17, 1876. After the day-long battle, the general withdrew his troops from the war zone to re-supply. |
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