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Red Cloud (Lakota: Maȟpíya Lúta; c. 1822 – December 10, 1909) was a leader of the Oglala Lakota from 1865 to 1909. He was one of the most capable Native American opponents whom the United States Army faced in the western territories.
Apr 2, 2014 · Red Cloud was a Native American leader who resisted white expansion into his people's territory in the 19th century. He fought in the Bozeman trail and Red Cloud's war, and later traveled to Washington, D.C., to lobby for Native American rights.
May 16, 2024 · Red Cloud was a leader of the Oglala Lakota, who successfully resisted the U.S. government’s development of the Bozeman Trail. He eventually signed the Second Treaty of Fort Laramie and was settled on the Red Cloud Agency in Nebraska before eventually moving himself and his followers to South Dakota.
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Feb 15, 2024 · Red Cloud ( Makhpiya-luta, l. 1822-1909) was an Oglala Lakota Sioux chief, statesman, and military strategist who became the only Native American leader of the Plains Indians to win a war against the United States.
- Joshua J. Mark
Feb 20, 2024 · Red Cloud's War (1866-1868) was a conflict between the Sioux, with Cheyenne & Arapaho allies, against the United States to stop illegal US expansion into Native American lands. Why is it known as Red Cloud's War?
- Joshua J. Mark
Red Cloud was a political leader and a fierce warrior who fought against white settlers on the Bozeman Trail in the 1860s. He also met with President Grant and lobbied for his people's rights and land.
Apr 30, 2024 · Learn about the life and achievements of Red Cloud, one of the greatest Sioux chiefs of the 19th century, from the firsthand account of Charles A. Eastman, a Sioux physician and author. Read how Red Cloud fought against the US government's genocidal policies of expansion and became a leader of his people.
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