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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 · Lakota chief Red Cloud was an important figure in the 19th-century land battle between Native Americans and the U.S. government.
May 16, 2024 · Red Cloud (born 1822, on the Platte River, Nebraska Territory, U.S.—died December 10, 1909, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota) was a principal chief of the Oglala Lakota (Oceti Sakowin, or Sioux), who successfully resisted (1865–67) the U.S. government’s development of the Bozeman Trail to newly discovered goldfields in Montana Territory.
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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
Sep 24, 2019 · Red Cloud was a prominent Sioux chief who fought against the US expansion and the Bozeman Trail in the 19th century. He negotiated the Fort Laramie Treaty, but faced new challenges from gold miners and the army.
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?
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.
