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{{Infobox politician|image_size=200|birth_date=December 5, 1839|birth_place=<nowiki>New Rumley, [[Ohio], </nowiki>[[USA]]|death_date=June 25, 1876|death_place=Little Bighorn, [[Montana]] Territory, USA|political_orientation=[[Settler colonialism]]|image=George Custer.png}}
{{Infobox politician|image_size=200|birth_date=December 5, 1839|birth_place=New Rumley, [[Ohio]], [[USA]]|death_date=June 25, 1876|death_place=Little Bighorn, [[Montana]] Territory, USA|political_orientation=[[Settler colonialism]]|image=George Custer.png}}


'''George Armstrong Custer''' (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a war criminal who committed [[genocide]] against [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|native peoples]] on behalf of the United States. On November 27, 1868, he attacked unarmed [[Cheyenne]] civilians on a reservation at Washita Creek and murdered their leader, [[Black Kettle]].<ref name=":03">{{Citation|author=[[Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz]]|year=2014|title=An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States|chapter="Indian Country"|pdf=https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/10601/An%20Indigenous%20Peoples%20History%20of%20the%20United%20States%20Ortiz.pdf|city=Boston, Massachusetts|publisher=Beacon Press|isbn=9780807000403|page=145–6}}</ref>
'''George Armstrong Custer''' (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a war criminal who committed [[genocide]] against [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|native peoples]] on behalf of the United States. On November 27, 1868, he attacked unarmed [[Cheyenne]] civilians on a reservation at Washita Creek and murdered their leader, [[Black Kettle]].<ref name=":03">{{Citation|author=[[Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz]]|year=2014|title=An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States|chapter="Indian Country"|pdf=https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/10601/An%20Indigenous%20Peoples%20History%20of%20the%20United%20States%20Ortiz.pdf|city=Boston, Massachusetts|publisher=Beacon Press|isbn=9780807000403|page=145–6}}</ref>

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George Armstrong Custer
BornDecember 5, 1839
New Rumley, Ohio, USA
DiedJune 25, 1876
Little Bighorn, Montana Territory, USA
Political orientationSettler colonialism


George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a war criminal who committed genocide against native peoples on behalf of the United States. On November 27, 1868, he attacked unarmed Cheyenne civilians on a reservation at Washita Creek and murdered their leader, Black Kettle.[1]

References

  1. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (2014). An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States: '"Indian Country"' (pp. 145–6). [PDF] Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807000403