BATTLE OF GREASY GRASS REENACTMENT
Because I was wandering around the camps I didn’t end up watching the reenactment proper but was “backstage” where the directing was happening…
The main director….
This member of the Calvary was sidelined due to a horse injury. His wife said he likes to pose for photos….
BEHIND THE SCENES AT GREASY GRASS 2
My brother and I were hiking in Oregon a year or two ago and while driving home came across a Civil War reenactment but it was over we talked to the actors for a bit. They were basically proud to be racist. This was different everyone had a great attitude. I didn’t encounter any racial animosity.
Here they are practicing formations..
riding around in circles….
There are what appears to be two Custers but I think this is the real one for the sole purpose that he has a beaded glove! If this is the Official Custer another actor told me that he has been officially declared the expert on Custer by the U.S. Government. He knows all about Custer, and has purchased Custer’s home!
Maybe this is Custer’s brother…
All of the Indians are young men and boys who are unbelievable riders. The Calvary riders are all experienced but the Indians just hop on and off with no saddle…at one point one of the Indians horses was bucking all of the way down the field and the rider didn’t fall off…bareback!
BEHIND THE SCENES AT GREASY GRASS
Having lots of time I decided to invade the camps….This is a very friendly event where they invite people to take photos. There were lots of professional photographers…I’m sure they were laughing at my little Lumix!
I believe the folks at Real Bird Bucking Horses put on the event…
Fine mess were in – people would rather pay to pretend to be in the military than join and get paid!!
This poor guy was carrying on something fierce feeling left out of the activities or maybe he spotted a pretty filly…
This Calvary man is actually a woman!
The Calvary trying to organize the troops
ON THE WAY TO GREASY GRASS
I have never been to a reenactment they seem hokey to me. But the Native American park ranger at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument spoke with enthusiasm when I last visited the Monument. I intended to go camping for the weekend but fear of bad storms sent me back to Billings and on the way home I encountered the Calvary headed home after a day of practice. I had forgotten all about it. Even though I was looking forward to spending a WHOLE weekend at home I set my alarm for o’dark thirty. I knew I would be stopping to take photos along the way.
The Bighorn River had been flooded and many on the Crow Reservation have been in dislocated
It was a free day for the National Parks so the Battlefield was jam packed and I didn’t stay very long. The reenactment was held below the battlefield probably where the Indian camps would have been located at that time. Off in the great expanse there is chanting and drums….
As far as I can zoom….
On my way out of the battlefield I spot horses in a corral climb a hill to visit….
Looking back is the battlefield….
I couldn’t decide which one was better…
This is where the reenactment is going to be held…
The erosion from the rainy season has been unreal.
looking back at the bleachers. It was about an hour and a half before the event! I couldn’t even get close to the seating but it turned out better photography wise. But not hearing the Indian version of history. Next year I will sit so I can see the show.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST 
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