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Red Cloud (Lakota: Maȟpíya Lúta; c. 1822 – December 10, 1909) was a leader of the Oglala Lakota from 1865 to 1909. [1] He was one of the most capable Native American opponents whom the United States Army faced in the western territories.
A war chief of the Lakota, he took part in Red Cloud's War and Black Hills War. Red Cloud: 1822–1909 1860s–1890s Oglala Lakota: A chief of the Oglala Lakota, he was one of several Lakota leaders who opposed the American settlement of the Great Plains winning a short-lived victory against the U.S. Army during Red Cloud's War. Red Jacket: c ...
Elwood Alfred Towner (c. 1897 – October 6, 1954), [1] [2] who also adopted the title of Chief Red Cloud, was an American attorney, tribal advocate, and antisemitic speaker. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A mixed-race Native American Hupa [ 5 ] from Portland, Oregon , [ 3 ] Towner was active as a speaker during the late 1930s, making speeches throughout the ...
USNS Red Cloud (T-AKR 313) is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off (LMSR) [1] Ships and is one of the 49 ships in the prepositioning program. [2] She is a Watson-class vehicle cargo ship named for Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr., a Medal of Honor recipient, after whom Camp Red Cloud in Korea is also ...
The Willa Cather House, also known as the Willa Cather Childhood Home, is a historic house museum at 241 North Cedar Street in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Built in 1878, it is the house where author Willa Cather (1873–1947) grew up. Cather's descriptions of frontier life in Nebraska were an important part of literary canon of the early 20th century.
If you're looking for a new read during November, post-Halloween and pre-holiday season, try these emerging subgenres. Author and podcast host Becca Freeman and book influencer Michelle Lecumberry ...
Spotted Elk, in turn, fled to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to join Chief Red Cloud. A detachment of the 7th Cavalry Regiment under Major Samuel Whitside was sent to maintain order, and on 28 December they met with Red Cloud's band southwest of Porcupine Butte as they moved to Pine Ridge. John Shangreau, a scout and interpreter who was half ...
The Sunflower, 1894, oil on panel. Elbridge was born on August 10, 1858, in Harvard, Illinois, to Anna Maria (Ayer) and Abner Jewett Burbank.After attending public schools, he started art studies at the Chicago Academy of Design, where he was influenced by Leonard Volk and graduated in 1874.