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Red Cloud was a leader of the Oglala Sioux (Lakota.)
South Dakota has 8 Indian Reservations. all of which are governed by various Sioux Tribes.
Probably the easiest way is to visit one of the Sioux reservations.
In 1870, US President US Grant invited Native Chief Red Cloud to visit with him in Washington DC. Red Cloud and several other Sioux chiefs had followed Grant's plan of moving Native Americans onto reservations. Grant hoped that after negotiations, Red Cloud would return west and convince other Natives that the Grant reservation policy was a good one.
Red Cloud was Oglala Sioux (Lakota.)
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The Dakota Sioux have several Indian reservations: Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Brule, etc.
Minnesota has eleven Native American reservations and communities (seven Anishinaabe (Chippewa, Ojibwe) reservations and four Dakota (Sioux) communities).Bois Forte Band of ChippewaFond Du Lac ReservationGrand Portage Band of Chippewa IndiansLeech Lake Band of OjibweLower Sioux Indian CommunityMille Lacs Band of OjibwePrairie Island Indian CommunityRed Lake Band of Chippewa IndiansShakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) CommunityUpper Sioux CommunityWhite Earth Reservation
Yes. His mother was Walks As She Thinks (an Oglala Sioux) and his father was Lone Man (Brule Sioux.)
Sioux leaders were Red Cloud, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
"Dakota" is actually the name of the Sioux Tribe in the Santee dialect. There are Sioux all over the U.S. and Canada, but their main reservations are in South Dakota. They also have reservations in Minnesota, Nebraska, Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan.