Red Cloud

Red Cloud (Lakota: Maȟpíya Lúta) (1822 – December 10, 1909) was an important leader of the Oglala Lakota. He led from 1868 to 1909. One of the most capable Native American opponents the United States Army faced, he led a successful campaign in 1866–1868 known as Red Cloud's War over control of the Powder River Country in northeastern Wyoming and southern Montana. The largest action of the war, the Fetterman Fight (with 81 men killed on the U.S. side), was the worst military defeat suffered by the U.S. on the Great Plains until the Battle of the Little Bighorn ten years later.

After signing the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868), Red Cloud led his people in the important transition to reservation life. Some of his US opponents mistakenly thought of him as overall leader of the Sioux (Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota). The large tribe had several major divisions and was highly decentralized. Bands among the Oglala and other divisions operated independently, even though some individual leaders, such as Red Cloud, were renowned as warriors and highly respected as leaders.

Red Cloud (disambiguation)

Red Cloud (1822–1909) was a war leader of the Oglala Lakota.

Red Cloud, Redcloud or RedCloud may also refer to:

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Red Cloud (rapper)

RedCloud is a Los Angeles-based recording artist, freestyle battle rapper, writer, visual artist, and Indigenous rights activist who creates hip hop tracks recognizably influenced by his spiritual and Indigenous heritage. He was born and raised in Los Angeles and resides in Studio City, California.

Early life

RedCloud was born Henry Andrade, on November 18, 1978, in Hawthorne, California. He is of Native American and Mexican heritage. He became a confessed believer in Jesus Christ in 1991, while in the eighth grade, and repented of being a gang member.

Music career

Camp Red Cloud

Camp Red Cloud (commonly referred to as CRC) is a United States Army camp located in the city of Uijeongbu, between Seoul and the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The installation was renamed after Medal of Honor recipient Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr. on Armed Forces Day, May 18, 1957 from its earlier name of Camp Jackson (which continues as the name of another post just south of CRC).

Camp Red Cloud covers over 164 acres (0.66 km²) of land in the northwestern edge of the city of Uijeongbu and serves as the Headquarters of 2nd Infantry Division (United States).

Camp Red Cloud is the home of an array of military units including but not limited to the following. 55th MP company, Air Force TACP unit (604th Air Support Operations Squadron), U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal detachment (late 1990s), Division command staff, hospital staff, finance staff, ROK/KATUSA headquarters, etc. D-company, HQ-company, and the 122d Signal Battalion were officially retired in 2005 with the remaining soldiers combined to form the new Division Special Troops Battalion (STB), currently the largest unit on the camp. It is a support battalion made up of A CO, and B CO (signal companies), HHSC (division headquarters company), and 2X (division administrative company). The 2nd Infantry Division Band was deactivated in August 2015.