Destiny

On Sunday, June 25, 1876, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and five companies of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry were decimated at the Battle of the Little Bighorn by the combined might of the Sioux and Cheyenne. Sitting Bull, acknowledged spiritual leader of all the Sioux tribes, had predicted such a victory for the Sioux and Cheyenne.

Custer's defeat was a shock to the Eastern populace and although it was a tremendous victory for the Sioux and Cheyenne, it proved to also be their ultimate defeat, for it marked the beginning of the end for their nomadic way of life.

The painting depicts the Last Stand area of the Little Bighorn Battlefield as it exists today, with portraits of figures of the different factions involved superimposed across the sky. In the center are the Cavalry, Sioux, and Cheyenne led by Custer and Crazy Horse. They are riding together, for regardless of one's politics in life, in death, we are all together.