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Sitting Bull’s War: The Battle of Little Big Horn and the Fight for Buffalo and Freedom on the Plains

Promotional graphic for a book signing event with author Paul L. Hedren for "Sitting Bull's War" on August 8th at 1:00 PM Mountain Time, hosted by Nebraska State Historical Society.

Sitting Bull’s War: The Battle of Little Big Horn and the Fight for Buffalo and Freedom on the Plains

A free special book signing with acclaimed historian Paul L. Hedren!

Join us at the Fort Robinson History Center on August 8, 2026, at 1:00 PM MT for a free special book signing with acclaimed historian Paul L. Hedren, author of the newly released Sitting Bull’s War: The Battle of Little Big Horn and the Fight for Buffalo and Freedom on the Plains. (Copies will be available for purchase.)

Ten years in the making, Hedren’s latest narrative is a welcome addition to the story of America’s greatest Indian war told from the perspective of the Lakotas and the Northern Cheyennes, as they fight for their way of life on the buffalo prairie in the face of white invaders—railroaders, borderland surveyors, prospectors, and ultimately the United States Army.

*Note: Fort Robinson is a state park requiring a pass from Nebraska Game and Parks to enter. Click here to purchase a park permit.

About Paul L. Hedren

Hedren is a retired National Park Service historian and superintendent whose thirty-seven-year career led him from Minnesota to Wyoming, Montana, Utah, North Dakota, and Nebraska. His many books have received numerous honors, including a Spur Award from the Western Writers of America, a Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, and multiple Best Book awards from the Little Big Horn Associates. He is a lifelong student of the Great Sioux War, and he is often found exploring the trails, battlefields, back corners, and sacred sites of that intriguing 1870s Indian war. When not in the field, Paul resides in Omaha, Nebraska.

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