RED CLOUD

RED CLOUD'S LIFE

• Mahpiua Luta
• Born in Nebraska- 1822
• Died December 10, 1909 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota
• His father died when Red Cloud was 5 and his mother and uncle raised him
• Chief of the Oglala Lakota tribe
• Activist and folk hero
• Native American leader who fought to save his land
• Known for his bravery and cruelty

RESISTED WHITE SETTLEMENT

• Red cloud successfully resisted developments of the Bozeman trail through the Montana territory
• His resistance to the development of the road is a period of time known as Red Cloud's War
• Red Cloud United several Native American groups to drive away the soldiers from Fort Phil Kearny

TREATMENT BY GOVERNMENT

• Government tried to move Red Cloud and his people from their lands
• The U.S. Government offered many treaties to him
• The government promised to give land back and offer reservations to live on
• The government would give them money and gifts

RED CLOUD'S LATER LIFE

• He seemed to stay out of a lot of the fighting
• He moved his people to Pine Ridge Reservation
• Stepped down as leader in 1880s
• Continued to improve the lives of others and campaigned for better living conditions
• Later died at the Reservation at the age of 88

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