Public Law 102-201…

was signed by President Bush on this date in 1991: “The Custer Battlefield National Monument in Montana shall, on and after the date of enactment of this Act, be known as the ‘Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument’…”

The Law also called for a monument at the battlefield “to honor the Indian participants in the battle.” That monument was dedicated on June 25, 2003, the 127th anniversary of the battle.