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Red Cloud the Oglala Leader and Diplomat of 19th Century Sioux
Red Cloud rose from orphaned youth to become the leading Oglala warrior and diplomat who drove back U S forces on the Bozeman Trail and later secured a treaty of peace on his own terms in 1868. He guided his people through reservation life while resisting complete assimilation, dying in 1909 at Pine Ridge.
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Red Cloud
Elmo Scott Watson
North America
South Dakota
Black Hills
Missouri River
Lone Man
Makhpiya Luta
Teton Sioux
George E. Hyde
Minnesota
Montana
Old Smoke
Saone Teton
Fort Laramie
W.S. Harney
Ash Hollow
Little Thunder
Brule
Oregon Trail
Powder River
Crows
Connor
Cole
Walker
Man
Henry B. Carrington
Bozeman Trail
Phil Kearney
Fetterman
Peace Commissioners
Carrington
United States
Washington
Grant
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Office
Platte
Missouri
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Col
Ranald
Mackenzie
Hyde
Spotted Tail
Pine Ridge Reservation
Little Big Man
Little Wound
Three Bears
Big Road
Yellow Bear
Iron Crow
Brady
Harper’s Weekly