Red Cloud
Chief of Oglala Lakota · United States · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1822 to 1909 · aged 87
Red Cloud 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.
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Red Cloud![Original caption: “Red Cloud, in the Great Hall of the Cooper Institute, surrounded by the Indian delegation of braves and squaws [sic], addressing a New York audience on the wrongs done to his people”](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/New_York_City_-_the_Sioux_Chief%2C_Red_Cloud%2C_in_the_Great_Hall_of_the_Cooper_Institute%2C_surrounded_by_the_Indian_delegation_of_braves_and_squaws%2C_addressing_a_New_York_audience_on_the_wrongs_LCCN93511308_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg)
Original caption: “Red Cloud, in the Great Hall of the Cooper Institute, surrounded by the Indian delegation of braves and squaws [sic], addressing a New York audience on the wrongs done to his people”
Seated, L to R: Yellow Bear, Red Cloud, Big Road, Little Wound, Black Crow; Standing, L to R: Red Bear, They Fear Even His Horses, Good Voice, Ring Thunder, Iron Crow, White Tail, Young Spotted Tail, ca. 1860-1880
Othniel Marsh and Red Cloud pictured in New Haven, Connecticut, c. 1880
Bust of Red Cloud created by Jim Brothers in 2001 for the Nebraska Hall of Fame.Awards
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He led the Lakota to victory over the United States during Red Cloud's War, establishing the Lakota as the only nation to defeat the United States on American soil. The largest action of the war was the 1866 Fetterman Fight, with 81 US soldiers killed; it was the worst military defeat suffered by the US Army on the Great Plains until the Battle of the Little Bighorn 10 years later.
