VIDEO: NUMISMATICS OF LITTLE BIG HORN

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VIDEO: NUMISMATICS OF LITTLE BIG HORN

The David Lisot Video Library on the Newman Numismatic Portal can be found at:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/multimediadetail/522852

We highlight one of his videos each week in The E-Sylum. Here's one from 2005 that features Erik J. Heikkenen speaking about Numismatic Perspectives of the Battle of Little Big Horn. -Editor

Numismatic Perspectives of the Battle of Little Big Horn

This presentation features a historical perspective of the area of Little Big Horn and how discovery of gold affected its settlement, including:

Why the Indians were uncooperative with the government
Diagram of the battlefield
Account of the battle by Wooden Leg, an Indian who told of finding money on the bodies of the dead soldiers
Money and coins that were found
How a fire in 1983 allowed excavation of the battle site and examples of what was discovered

Speaker(s): Erik J. Heikkenen. Publication date: August 20, 2005.

Numismatic Perspectives of the Battle of Little Big Horn 2

To watch the complete video, see:
Numismatic Perspectives of the Battle of Little Big Horn (https://youtu.be/bKp52lIf0AM)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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