Signal event -- Recognition -- War Department years : the national cemetery, 1880s-1920s -- War Department years : transitions, 1920s-1940 -- National Park Service administration, 1940-1969 -- National Park Service administration, 1970-2000 -- National Park Service interpretation -- Research and collections -- Nonprofit support groups and interest groups -- Indian memorial -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: National cemetery/national monument legislation -- Appendix 2: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Park visitation totals, 1940-2003 -- Appendix 3: War Department and National Park Service superintendents and National Park Service historians at Custer Battlefield National Monument/Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, 1893-2003.