>> guest: crazy horse was the very much admired leader of the lakota sioux in that particular battle and also in other battles against the army as well. c-span: there's also a lot of myths about him over the years. where does he place in history? and he's used as a mascot for one of the is it 7th cavalry today? is that right? >> guest: his name has been used in many contexts. during the vietnam war, the 7th cavalry used his name for an operation, operation crazy horse. and right now a gigantic statue is being carved not far from mount rushmore in north dakota to commemorate crazy horse. it seems as if over time the pizzazz of being a great fighter has won out over the more thoughtful contributions of sitting bull. c-span: when you have your sessions with the little bighorn association, what is it that people disagree about the most? >> guest: well, people are apt to disagree about many different things: whether or not custer was to blame in any way for the disaster; the contributions of various of his subordinates at the time. episodes in custer's life can generate controversy. i mea

that's this indian of the lakota sioux tribe. he is the only native american depicted on a banknote. there's a lot of controversy when the snow came out because the headdress is not sioux, it's pawnee. this led to a lot of speculation about, well, is this a real indian, or is this somebody from the bureau of engraving them printed -- and printing that put on the wrong bonnet? it actually is the right person. it is just the wrong headdress. because here is an actual photograph of this indian. again, i depicted it here, but you can also see it, an. example of this note for my collection so, that essentially concludes what i wanted to say. i hope you've learned a little bit of history here and learned something about our financial system back when it started during the civil war days. and perhaps, most important, maybe it will stimulate some of you to start collecting some of his kinds of make notes -- bank notes. i thank you for your attention. [applause] any questions? yeah. try to answer. >> [inaudible] he said the actual note it