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Red Cloud's War was the name the U.S. Army gave to a series of conflicts fought with Native American Plains tribes in the Wyoming and Montana Territories. The battles were waged between the Northern Cheyenne, allied with Lakota and Arapaho bands, against the Army between 1866 and 1868.
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
Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was Red Cloud? Lakota chief Red Cloud was an important figure in the 19th-century land battle between Native Americans and the U.S. government.
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 defended his people's land and rights.
- Joshua J. Mark
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 20, 2024 · Red Cloud ( Makhpiya-luta, l. 1822-1909) was an Oglala Lakota Sioux chief, who opposed white settlement of Sioux lands, the opening of the Bozeman Trail in 1863, and especially, the construction of garrisoned forts in the region to protect settlers from Native American attacks.
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.
