‘It was a massacre’: Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders push to rename Oklahoma site
As the sun rose on a cold morning in 1868, hundreds of U.S. soldiers, led by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, attacked Cheyenne families camped for the winter along the Washita River.
Stories passed down by survivors recount what happened as a massacre. Other evidence backs them up.
Yet when people visit the land today, the first thing they see is its official name: Washita Battlefield National Historic Site.