Yes, he was one of the first major Indian chiefs.
Red Cloud was a leader of the Oglala Sioux (Lakota.)
The Sioux did have a chief. Chief Red Cloud was a well known chief. He was a great leader and was known to be very brave.
Chief Red Cloud
Red Cloud was Oglala Sioux (Lakota.)
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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
Red Cloud became the only Indian leader to win a major war against the United States and when limitless numbers plus technology of the United States overwhelmed the Sioux, Red Cloud adapted to fighting the Indian Bureau for fair treatment for his people. He signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie of 1868 which created the Great Sioux Reservation and Black Hills "a reservation now covering all of western South Dakota".
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.
It was often called Red Cloud's war, but he was not present at many of the individual battles.
nbody for sure knows the names of these people because we didnt live around this time and nobody has records to prove who was leader or things.Early on, the main leader was Red Cloud, who was then replaced by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. But after they surrendered to the U.S. armies, an Indian named Bigfoot gained control.Sitting Bullcrazy horse