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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. [1] 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.
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.
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.
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?
A political leader and a fierce warrior, Red Cloud, chief of the Oglala Sioux, fought unsuccessfully to save his people and their land from being seized by whites.
More than 135 years ago, Chief Red Cloud (Maȟpíya Lúta), one of the most famous leaders of the Oglala Lakȟóta people, recognized that the Lakȟóta were facing irrevocable economic and cultural challenges, Chief Red Cloud advocated for the establishment of “a school house – a large one” that would not only “teach us how to write ...