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.

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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