538 - 726 Demerits

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

In episode 538 of 'My Favorite Murder,' Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark explore the overlooked legacy of Buffalo Caff Road Woman, a Northern Cheyenne warrior believed to have played a key role in defeating General George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn. The episode, released on the 150th anniversary of the battle, uses Cheyenne oral history to challenge the dominant, sanitiz

Key takeaways

• Buffalo Caff Road Woman’s contributions were long suppressed due to fear of U.S. military retaliation, illustrating how colonial narratives erase Indigenous heroism.
• Custer’s 726 demerits at West Point contrast sharply with his later fame, underscoring the myth-making around military figures despite documented misconduct.
• The episode critiques the U.S. government’s ongoing suppression of Native history, including recent efforts to remove truthful exhibits at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.

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Your husband is not who you think he is. Your body is not what you thought it was. Your identity is formed by a secret history. I'm Danny Shapiro. And these are just a few of the stunning stories I'll be exploring on the 14th season of family secrets. He kind of showed me out of the way and said move. out the front door and he jumped in a car and drove off and that was the last time I saw him. Listen to season 14 of family secrets on the I-Heart radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. If you live in LA you already spend about 89% of your life in a car. So we turned it into a podcast on do you need a ride we pick up our comedian friends drive around Los Angeles and discuss what's happening in the world around us. Cars are very rude to bicyclists but in this case it's a bicycle. of traffic. All you did was roll your window down. He almost hit that. It's like a talk show but going 30 miles an hour. New episodes every Monday on the exactly ride network. Listen to Do You Need A Ride on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome to my favorite murder that's Georgia Hardstar that's Karen Kilgareth and we're about to take you on an emotional journey of the soul I love that it just came out of the podcast soul it's located in your ears your ear drum the long dark tea time of the podcast soul okay you had something to show me tell me okay hi I forgot how to do this oh well the thing I was gonna show you is In episode 533, an exercise and frustration, I told a story that featured many, many chin-strap beards. And it was about Elizabeth Packard, who was the woman who was institutionalized. Her husband sent her to an insane asylum. And then she got out and fought for everybody's rights. But talking about her husband, it was this man. Theodopelis Packard. And his. Theodopelis. The oplists. The oplists. It's pretty great in the moment. But we were really enjoying his chin-strap ears. They also came up in the Henderson-Luelling story where the Quaker sex cult story that I recently told. They've just been around us recently. They've been sprinkling some neck beard into these stories here and there. And the listeners have responded. That's right. Did we get chin-strap mail? Yes, but no. It was essentially just people in the comments section talking about it. And so basically, Jenny Scram on Instagram on Instagram on Instagram on Instagram on Instagram on Instagram on says it looks like John C Riley is dressed up and doing a bit which is very true dressed up but just in the bottom half of the beer. Aaron Jalisa on Instagram says the chin-strap beard was as bad as I imagined thank you. What in the Hellsby says how was this episode not called Beards abound? Great question baseball girl 247 says I needed to see that chin-strap beard to really get that story. Yeah. It's terrifying. It's like that worse or a mullet worse? It's like an old-timey mullet party in the front. I think this is worse though because this makes no goddamn sense. The chin is bare. Yeah, but they can eat soup and I bet there was a lot of soup going around then. And stews. And stews. And stews. And porridges? Which is so hard to do when you have a beard. I've heard. I've heard. My husband says. I just love that people got into that as well. Yeah. Okay. Yes, and you have to do it in one week. I want to give you the assignment of you watch a movie called Witness, which has so many neckbears in it, you wouldn't believe it. Okay. And then we're going to talk about that movie. Which one is that? Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lucas Haas. Harrison Ford goes undercover in an Amish settlement, I don't know. Sect. What are they called themselves? What years it from? It's from like 89? Okay, so Lucas Hoss is a little boy. He is the best child. He's the best child. He's the best child actor. He's the best child actor. He's the best child actor. He's the best child actor. He's the best child actor. He's the best child actor. He's. He's the best child actor. ever, he is so good. The legend, he's so good in this movie, like it's so real. Okay. I think you're going to really... Should I check some in since I've already seen it and just totally forgot. But I feel like you'd, if I said, yeah. Harrison Ford goes undercover with the Amish, you would have gone, oh yeah, I've seen that. I haven't seen it. Also, and that's very much tied too. So witness is your assignment, in honor of the Chincherop Beard. Got it. Got it. But then also, but then also, must have you watched the fugitive. Right, my assignment for you is you just wanted a fake beard and try and eat some stew with it on. No, I'm like, wait, that's not a, here's the thing. All you have to do is watch a movie. Okay, witness, and I wrote 1989. Why don't, I don't need that? Was I right? No, it's 85. Damn it's 85. Damn it. 85. I'm changing it so I don't watch the one from 80. 89 witnesses so dirty. That is like, a made for cinemax. watching the drama and then being like I'm going to make up an opinion about this and we're gonna discuss it on the fan call I'll do it hell yeah okay it's gonna happen it's a deal I love assigning each other assignments I was provided some information just to convince you more witness has 92% on Rottin Tomatoes oh then I'll watch it because you know how I live by the RT rating you will only that's all I ever talk about is this RT approved Georgia's constantly saying what did what did what did what did Rt say about I gotta check into my R.T. Speaking of Rotten, we have a podcast network. That's right. Called exactly right. Media. Here are some highlights. Please listen to these other podcasts for us. Thank you. We have roughly 16 incredible podcasts. Handpicked by us. Chosen. That's right. And then performed by some of the greats in the biz. A series of hit podcasts can't be denied. 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