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Red Cloud

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. He led the Lakota to victory over the United States during Red Cloud's War, establishing the Lakota as the only nation to…

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Known for
Red Cloud's War Most photographed American Indian of the nineteenth century
Born
c. 1822 near modern-day North Platte, Nebraska
Children
6
Died
December 10, 1909(1909-12-10) (aged 86–87) Pine Ridge, South Dakota, U.S.
Spouse
Pretty Owl (Mary Good Road)
Successor
Jack Red Cloud

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Red Cloud

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related to Great Sioux War of 1876 · 27
Red Cloud → Black Hills, Commissioner, Congress, Dr, Grant, He, In, In May, Indian, Indian Affairs Smith, Indian Territory, Interior Delano, John, Lakota, Lieutenant Colonel George Custer, Lone Horn, May, Native Americans, President Grant, Previously
related to Red Cloud's War · 27
Red Cloud → Arapaho, Army, Battle, Captain Frederick Brown, Captain William, Cheyenne, Combined Native American, Crazy Horse, Fetterman, Fetterman Massacre, Fort Phil Kearny, Hundred Slain, In December, Lakota, Lodge Trail Ridge, Montana Territories, Native American, Native American Plains, Native Americans, Northern Cheyenne
related to Further reading · 24
Red Cloud → Allen, An American Legend, Autobiography, Bob, Charles Wesley, Clavin, Deon, Drury, Everything That Is, Globe Pequot Press, ISBN, James, Nebraska Press, Oglalas, Olson, Sam, Schuster, Simon, Sioux Problem, The Heart
related to Treaty of 1868 · 24
Red Cloud → Army General, By, Commissioner, Fort Laramie, Fort Robinson, Grant, Great Sioux Reservation, In, Indian Affairs Ely, Missouri River, Native American, Nebraska, Parker, Platte River, President Ulysses, Red Cloud Agency, Seneca, South Dakota, The, Uneasy
related to Early life · 20
Red Cloud → As, At, Bad Faces, Brulé Lakota, Chief Old Smoke, Crow, He, His, Lakota, Lone Man, Nebraska, North Platte, Oglala Lakota, Old Chief Smoke, Pawnee, Platte River, She Thinks, Smoke, They, Walks
related to External links · 20
Red Cloud → American LegendIndian Heroes, Authors Tell Untold Story, Bob Drury, Charles, Chief Red Cloud's Great-Great, Democracy Now, Eastman, Everything That Is, Grandson, Great Chieftains, Morning Edition, Native American Issues, November, NPR, Ohiyesa, Retrieved June, Sioux Warrior Red Cloud, The Heart, The Untold Story, Tom Clavin
related to Descendants of Red Cloud · 16
Red Cloud → Black Hills Sioux Nation, Charles Red Cloud, He, Henry Red Cloud, Jack, Jackson, James Henry Red Cloud, James RedCloud, Lakota, Lakota Sioux Nation, Oglala Lakota, Red Cloud's, RedCloud, Son, Speaker, Treaty Council
related to Legacy and honors · 15
Red Cloud → Announcements, As, Brulé, Earl Alonzo Brininstool, Grace Raymond Hebard, In, Lakota, Oglala, Plains, Red Cloud's, Red Napoleon, Sioux, The New York Times, This, While
related to Later life and death · 13
Red Cloud → Around, Connecticut, DC, European Americans, His, Indians, Lakota, Marsh, New Haven, Oglala, Othniel Marsh, Red Cloud Agency, Washington
Born · 1
Red Cloud → c. 1822 near modern-day North Platte, Nebraska

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red cloud lakota american war native sioux indian leader treaty cloud's reservation oglala plains army great fetterman major united states

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Red CloudBornc. 1822 near modern-day North Platte, Nebraska1.00infobox
Red CloudBurial placeRed Cloud Cemetery, Pine Ridge .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-o…1.00infobox
Red CloudChildren61.00infobox
Red CloudDiedDecember 10, 1909(1909-12-10) (aged 86–87) Pine Ridge, South Dakota, U.S.1.00infobox
Red CloudKnown forRed Cloud's War Most photographed American Indian of the nineteenth century1.00infobox
Red CloudSpousePretty Owl (Mary Good Road)1.00infobox
Red CloudSuccessorJack Red Cloud1.00infobox
Red CloudTitleTribal chief1.00infobox
Drinstance ofRed Cloud negotiated strongly with Indian Agents0.80text
Grace Raymond Hebardinstance ofThis misconception was echoed by early white historians0.80text
Earl Alonzo Brininstoolinstance ofThis misconception was echoed by early white historians0.80text
who judgedinstance ofThis misconception was echoed by early white historians0.80text

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