Article: CONFLICT JUST WON'T DIE AT CUSTER BATTLEFIELD SUPERINTENDENT SHIFTED TO OKLAHOMA JOB AFTER CLASH WITH GENERAL'S FANS.(Local)

Byline: Deborah Frazier Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer

Fans of Gen. George Custer on Monday won a fight to oust the Little Bighorn National Battlefield's superintendent - an Indian.

Gerard Baker, a Mandan-Hidatsa, has been transferred to Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Oklahoma. Neil Mangum, Little Bighorn's former chief historian and an expert on Western Indian wars, becomes the new superintendent.

``Gerard wanted the job in Oklahoma, but his relationship with the Custer buffs was a factor,'' said Ron Everhart, deputy regional director of the Park Service.

Baker was named to the position after a 1992 ceremony to change the ...

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